Falcon 9 Block 5 | MTG-S1
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Launch Window
July 1, 2025, 9:04 p.m. - July 1, 2025, 11:34 p.m.
July 1, 2025, 9:04 p.m. - July 1, 2025, 11:34 p.m.
Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite on behalf of the European Oganisation for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellit...
Second of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
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Launch pad assigned.
NET July 1st.
NET July 2025.
Tweaked launch window.
Swapped launch pad.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 1st stage booster B1085 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 9th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
CNES chief Philippe Baptiste has responded to Eumetsat’s decision to ditch Ariane 6 for Falcon 9, saying that it is a “brutal change” and “a very disappointing day for European space efforts.” Late yesterday, French news outlet Le Monde re…
"I am impatiently waiting to understand what reasons could have led Eumetsat to such a decision."
European weather satellite operator Eumetsat has shifted the upcoming launch of a weather satellite from an Ariane 6 to a Falcon 9, a move that surprised and frustrated European space officials.
Eumetsat Switches Weather Satellite Launch from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9
As climate change drives more frequent and severe weather events, the need for accurate and timely forecasting has never been more critical. And now, the next Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite has passed its environmental test ca…
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A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Eighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.
Note: SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1". Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospa…
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Satellite officially named for "space environment detection" purposes, exact details unknown.
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Second of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
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