Welcome to the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 (Maxar 1) Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!
Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-05-02, 18:36 |
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Scheduled for (local) | 2024-05-02, 11:36 (PDT) |
Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California |
Payload | WorldView Legion 1 & 2 (Maxar 1) |
Booster | 1061-20 |
Landing site | LZ-4 |
Customer | DigitalGlobe |
Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payloads to Sun-Synchronous Orbit |
Webcasts
Stream | Link |
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Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5hf7QpVB_w |
Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BghEK_4U2A |
NASASpaceflight | |
The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpY5vSgwMKI |
SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1786099817187532954 |
The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trt0dh_EC7I |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 14th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 21 days, 4:11:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 18th landing on LZ-4
☑️ 44th Falcon 9 launch this year, 45th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 258th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 344th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 356th SpaceX launch all time (including Starship hops)
☑️ 302nd Falcon Family Booster landing, 313th Falcon recovery attempt
Mission and payload info
Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe’s next generation of earth observation satellites.
WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.
Fairing halves are flying for their 16th and 13th times.