| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-15, 13:00 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-15, 09:00 (EDT) |
| Mission | CRS NG-21 |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA |
| Booster | B1076-16 |
| Landing | LZ-1 |
| Payload | WorldView Legion 3 & 4 |
| Customer | Maxar Technologies |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to LEO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12UhwZY4gQ |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bnoNUK51M |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cju0XNW2Ut0 |
| The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=6KNKORsX8mg |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1824065327980019774 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1uPcDo3G4M |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 38th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 5 days, 0:10:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 43rd landing on LZ-1
☑️ 340th Falcon Family Booster landing, 350th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 10th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 79th Falcon 9 mission this year, 365th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 80th SpaceX mission of 2024, 380th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 82nd SpaceX launch this year, 393rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe’s next generation of earth observation satellites.
Nominal SES-3, SECO-3, SES-4, SECO-4, and orbit insertion. Second satellite deploy in a few minutes.