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Transporter 16 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1093 - Of Course I Still Love You

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 3, 2025, 11:36 p.m.

Added launch.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 25, 2026, 7:55 p.m.

GO for launch.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 23, 2026, 7:04 p.m.

NET March 29.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 29, 2026, 1:07 p.m.

Now targeting Mar 30 at 10:19 UTC


Cosmic_Penguin • March 29, 2026, 8:35 p.m.

Now targeting Mar 30 at 11:02 UTC


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

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.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1093

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: April 7, 2025
Last Flight: February 25, 2026
Flights: 11
Landings Attempted: 11
Landings Successful: 11
Previous B1093 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1093 will land on ASDS OCISLY after its 12th flight.

Landing Attempt Confirmed

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 642 Failures: 15 Pending: 123

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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.

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