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WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch Thread (self.spacex)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-15, 13:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-15, 09:00 (EDT) | | Mission | CRS NG-21 | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1076-16 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Payload | WorldView Legion 3 & 4 | | Customer | Maxar Technologies | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to LEO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12UhwZY4gQ | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bnoNUK51M | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cju0XNW2Ut0 | The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=6KNKORsX8mg | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1824065327980019774 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1uPcDo3G4M

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☑️ 38th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 5 days, 0:10:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 43rd landing on LZ-1

☑️ 340th Falcon Family Booster landing, 350th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 10th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 79th Falcon 9 mission this year, 365th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 80th SpaceX mission of 2024, 380th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 82nd SpaceX launch this year, 393rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe's next generation of earth observation satellites.

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[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 4 months ago

Second satellite deployment confirmed. Webcast coverage concluded.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 4 months ago

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

SECO, nominal orbital insertion.

SES-2 scheduled for around T+41 minutes.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago

Hosted webcast has started. Veronica (Ronnie) Foreman is hosting.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, stage 1 boostback burn, and fairing separation.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

SES-2, SECO-2, nominal orbit insertion, and first satellite deployment confirmed.

SES-3 is scheduled for T+1 hour and 7 minutes. Second satellite deployment scheduled for T+1 hour and 49 minutes.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1823812606718828575

Targeting Thursday, August 15 for a Falcon 9 launch of the @Maxar 2 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago

Nominal SES-3, SECO-3, SES-4, SECO-4, and orbit insertion. Second satellite deploy in a few minutes.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1824059914282811764

Propellant load has begun for Falcon 9’s launch of the @Maxar 2 mission from Florida. All systems are looking good, and weather is currently 70% favorable for liftoff