Zuma
Rocket: Falcon 9
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
Stats
Falcon 9
48th Falcon 9 mission
45th success
19th consecutive success
B1043
1st launch for B1043
SLC-40
29th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 23.39 days
LZ-1
9th landing
9th landing success
9th consecutive landing success
Turnaround: 23.39 days
27th total landing attempt
21st total landing success
27th Falcon landing attempt
21st Falcon landing success
2018
1st SpaceX mission of 2018
1st mission success of 2018
1st Falcon 9 mission of 2018
SpaceX
53rd SpaceX mission
47th SpaceX success