Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 4
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Zuma
Destination: LEO
Customer: Unspecified US Government Customer
Mass: Light enough to allow for an RTLS landing kg
Details:
The highly classified Zuma payload appears to have failed to separate from the Falcon 9 second stage. The payload adapter for this mission was supplied by Northrop Grumman. According to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, the Falcon 9 launch vehicle performed "as expected" supporting the theory that the failure was not on SpaceX's part and thus this launch is classified as a success
4th Falcon 9 Block 4 mission
4th success
4th consecutive success
1st launch for B1043
29th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 23.39 days
9th landing
9th landing success
9th consecutive landing success
Turnaround: 23.39 days
27th total landing attempt
21st total landing success
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing success
1st SpaceX mission of 2018
1st mission success of 2018
1st Falcon 9 Block 4 mission of 2018
53rd SpaceX mission
47th SpaceX success