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WorldView Legion 5 & 6 (Maxar 3) launch thread (self.spacex)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-02-04, 23:13 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-02-04, 18:13 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1086-4 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Payloads | WorldView Legion 5 & 6 | | Customer(s) | Maxar | | Target orbit | Low Earth Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V99upBr1Z6Y | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTy4GSdW-Ps | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4dmCLnbfQ | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTRchkimuog | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1886913204263026846 | The Space Devs |

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☑️ 5th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 5 days, 21:39:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 48th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 409th Falcon booster landing, 422nd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 16th Falcon 9 mission this year, 434th overall

☑️ 16th SpaceX mission this year, 450th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 17th SpaceX launch this year, 467th 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 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Deployment of Maxar’s sixth WorldView Legion satellite confirmed.

Webcast concluding.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 19 hours ago

SES-4, SECO-4, and nominal orbit insertion.

Final payload deployment is scheduled for T+01:49:53.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 19 hours ago

SES-3, SECO-3, and nominal orbit insertion.

SES-4 is scheduled for T+01:42:48.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

Deployment of Maxar’s fifth WorldView Legion satellite confirmed.

SES-3 is scheduled for T+01:07:43.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

SES-2, SECO-2, and nominal orbit insertion. First of two payload deployments is scheduled for T+47:18.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion.

SES-2 is scheduled for T+43:14.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

Nominal entry burn.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

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

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

Strongback retract has started.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

Engine chill has started.

Stage 1 fuel load complete.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Propellant load has begun: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1886908868795752927

Propellant load has begun for Falcon 9’s launch of the @Maxar 3 mission from Florida. The vehicle, teams, and fog are currently go for launch at 6:13 p.m. ET

"and fog" :)

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 21 hours ago

NSF are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4dmCLnbfQ

Kennedy Space Center is very foggy this evening.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 22 hours ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1886551613021589662

Now targeting Tuesday, February 4 for Falcon 9's launch of the @Maxar 3 mission from pad 39A in Florida