Falcon 9 - B1097

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Falcon 9 booster.

Previous Flights

B1097 flew on 12 previous launch(es).

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-259

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

USSF-259 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of ascent rocket stage drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transport Layer launches.

Polar Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-50

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-43

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. 2 US military Starshield satellites are also on board.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-172

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Thirteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-18

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-20

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy. Also launching on this launch are 39 other ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-25

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-39

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1097 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Recent Launches
Starship
Go
2 days, 9 hours ago
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USSF-385
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A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bu…

Electron
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Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Long March 6A
Success
6 days, 13 hours ago
Yaogan 40 Group 04
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".

Long March 8A
Success
1 week ago
SatNet LEO Group 26
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…

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