Mission and payload info
EarthCARE is a planned joint European/Japanese (ESA/JAXA/NICT) satellite, the sixth of ESA's Living Planet Programme. The main goal of the mission is the observation and characterization of clouds and aerosols as well as measuring the reflected solar radiation and the infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface and atmosphere.
Launch info
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-05-28, 22:20 | |
|
| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-05-28, 15:20 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California | | Payload | EarthCARE | | Booster | 1081-7 | | Landing site | LZ-4 | | Customer | ESA/JAXA/NICT | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to sun synchronous orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
|
| | ESA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9WKok_1Jhg | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQF1Q_MZNWk | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=516ClI1Ylu0 | NASASpaceflight | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn95LmUNah8 | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1795577480109322331 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTejJWwA1O8
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 18th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 6 days, 14:20:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 19th landing on LZ-4
☑️ 56th Falcon 9 launch this year, 57th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 270th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 356th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 369th SpaceX launch all time (including Starship hops)
☑️ 315th Falcon Family Booster landing, 325th Falcon recovery attempt
Liftoff!