Tag: Falcon 9

SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn

First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-6

A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 1

First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)

Two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-9

SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 4x Astranis MicroGEO

Four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellite inserted in a custom geostationary orbit, from where they conduct on-orbit maneuvers to reach their individual slots.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 20

A batch of 20 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera

Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid in a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will…
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-9

SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. It is expected that SXM-9 will launch in 2024. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10…