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
5th Falcon 9 Block 4 mission
5th Falcon 9 Block 4 success
5th consecutive Falcon 9 Block 4 success
48th Falcon 9 mission
45th Falcon 9 success
19th consecutive Falcon 9 success
53rd Falcon family mission
47th Falcon family success
19th consecutive Falcon family success
1st launch for B1043
1st RTLS landing attempt for B1043
1st landing at LZ-1 for B1043
29th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 23.39 days
9th landing attempt at LZ-1
9th landing success at LZ-1
9th consecutive landing success at LZ-1
Turnaround: 23.39 days
27th total SpaceX landing attempt
21st total SpaceX landing success
27th Falcon landing attempt
21st Falcon landing success
1st SpaceX mission of 2018
1st SpaceX mission success of 2018
1st Falcon 9 mission of 2018
1st Falcon family mission of 2018
53rd SpaceX mission
47th SpaceX mission success
19th consecutive SpaceX mission success