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Falcon 9 Block 5: SDA Tranche 0B

Second mission launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 0 Transport Layer.

Saturday, 2 September 202314:25 UTC
Falcon 9 Block 5: SDA Tranche 0B

Mission Data

SpaceX
🇺🇸SpaceXEst. 2002
Launch VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
Vehicle FamilyFalcon
Vehicle Record644 of 645 launches (99.8%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)
Success Streak229 consecutive
Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret
Target OrbitPolar Orbit
Launch PadSpace Launch Complex 4E
Location🇺🇸 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#140
Agency Launches This Year#62
Launches From This Pad307
Launches From This Site923
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Launch updates

  1. Successful launch

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  2. Liftoff

  3. Livestream has started

  4. Setting GO

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  5. Launch abort, moving to the next window 24 hours later and setting TBC pending confirmation by SpaceX.

  6. GO for launch.

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  7. Launch scrubbed for the day due to problem with engine no. 4 on first stage.

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  8. New T-0 of 15:25 UTC

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  9. Adjusting T-0

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  10. Setting GO

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Launch Site

Space Launch Complex 4E · 34.6320°N 120.6110°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.