| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-02-04, 23:13 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-02-04, 18:13 (EST) |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA |
| Booster | B1086-4 |
| Landing | LZ-1 |
| Payloads | WorldView Legion 5 & 6 |
| Customer(s) | Maxar |
| Target orbit | Low Earth Orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V99upBr1Z6Y |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTy4GSdW-Ps |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4dmCLnbfQ |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTRchkimuog |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1886913204263026846 |
| The Space Devs |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 5th launch from LC-39A this year
☑️ 5 days, 21:39:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 48th landing on LZ-1
☑️ 409th Falcon booster landing, 422nd Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 16th Falcon 9 mission this year, 434th overall
☑️ 16th SpaceX mission this year, 450th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 17th SpaceX launch this year, 467th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe’s next generation of earth observation satellites.
Deployment of Maxar’s sixth WorldView Legion satellite confirmed.
Webcast concluding.
SES-4, SECO-4, and nominal orbit insertion.
Final payload deployment is scheduled for T+01:49:53.
SES-3, SECO-3, and nominal orbit insertion.
SES-4 is scheduled for T+01:42:48.
Deployment of Maxar’s fifth WorldView Legion satellite confirmed.
SES-3 is scheduled for T+01:07:43.
SES-2, SECO-2, and nominal orbit insertion. First of two payload deployments is scheduled for T+47:18.
M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion.
SES-2 is scheduled for T+43:14.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
Nominal entry burn.
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, stage 1 boostback burn, and fairing separation.
Strongback retract has started.
Engine chill has started.
Stage 1 fuel load complete.
Hosted webcast has started. Veronica (Ronnie) Foreman is hosting.
Propellant load has begun: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1886908868795752927
Propellant load has begun for Falcon 9’s launch of the @Maxar 3 mission from Florida. The vehicle, teams, and fog are currently go for launch at 6:13 p.m. ET
“and fog” :)
NSF are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4dmCLnbfQ
Kennedy Space Center is very foggy this evening.
