Welcome to the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 (Maxar 1) Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-05-02, 18:36 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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Stage 1 landing confirmed! B1061 ties with B1060 and B1062 for most flown booster!
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1786041260631093603
Up next, Falcon 9 is targeted to launch the @Maxar 1 mission from pad 4E in California in ~four hours → https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=maxar1
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1786094290692891076
Propellant load has begun for Falcon 9’s launch of the @Maxar 1 mission from California. All systems and weather are currently go for launch
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, boostback burn, and fairing separation.
Edit: Stubby M-vac!
Fairing halves are flying for their 16th and 13th times.
Hosted webcast is live. Ronnie Foreman is hosting.
Liftoff!
M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion. Payload deployment scheduled for a few minutes from now, but it will occur during a communications (between ground stations), so the webcast is ending.
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1785796495046005122
Later that morning, Falcon 9 will launch the @Maxar 1 mission from SLC-4E in California → https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=maxar1
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1786115819883356276
Deployment of @Maxar’s first two WorldView Legion satellites confirmed
