Globalstar 2-R Mission:
Launch window: August 15th from 9:12PM to 9:27PM EDT (01:12-01:27 UTC on the 16th)
Current T0: August 15th at 9:12PM EDT (01:12 UTC on the 16th)
Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 9 Globalstar Gen 2 Replacement satellites into orbit.
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 680x700km 52º orbit
Booster: B1090-14; 41d 14h 22min turnaround
Booster history: O3b mPOWER E, Crew-10, Bandwagon-3, SL 6-67, SL 10-18, O3b mPOWER D, CRS-33, SL 10-59, SL 6-79, SL 6-103, SL 10-46, SL 10-43, SL 10-50.
Satellites launched: 242, will be 251 after this mission.
Booster recovery: Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40)
Fairing recovery: Doug
Rocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the US East Coast.
Payload mass: Approximately 4,500kg
Stats:
– SpaceX’s 708th launch overall.
– SpaceX’s 99th launch of the year.
– SpaceX’s 8th launch of the month.
– Earth’s 193rd orbital launch of the year.
– Falcon’s 326th launch since the last failure.
– Falcon 9’s 677th orbital flight.
– SpaceX’s 342nd launch from SLC-40.
– 166th landing on ASOG out of 167 attempts.
– 308th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one.
USSF-366 Mission:
Launch Window: August 15th from 2:52PM to 6:52PM PDT (21:52-01:52 UTC)
Current T0: August 15th at 2:52PM PDT (21:52 UTC)
Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the USSF-366 mission for the US Space Force
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster: B1088-18; 48d 5h 42min 42s turnaround
Past customer missions: NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx and PUNCH, NROL-57.
Past Starlink missions: 11-13, 15-4, 15-8, 15-7, 17-5, 17-12, 11-19, 11-15, 17-33, 17-24, 17-16, 17-47, 17-40.
Booster recovery: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)
Fairing recovery: GO Beyond
Rocket trajectory: South-Southeast
Payload mass: Unknown
Stats:
– SpaceX’s 707th launch overall.
– SpaceX’s 98th launch of the year.
– SpaceX’s 7th launch of the month.
– Earth’s 192nd orbital launch of the year.
– Falcon’s 325th launch since the last failure.
– Falcon 9’s 676th orbital flight.
– SpaceX’s 222nd launch from SLC-4E.
– 219th landing on OCISLY out of 226 attempts.
– 307th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one.
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