Tag: Falcon 9

SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)

ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High…
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 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21

This is the 21st flight of the Orbital ATK’s uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 20th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 1

First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31

31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Astra 1P/SES-24

ASTRA 1P, a classic wide-beam satellite, will support SES’s prime TV neighbourhood and enable content owners, private and public broadcasters across Germany, France and Spain to continue broadcasting satellite TV channels in the highest-picture quality in the most cost-efficient manner. It will be based on the full electric and powerful Spacebus NEO platform developed by…
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

First of six missions launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM28)

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 | 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…