SpaceX

GTO-1 (Beresheet, S5)

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Friday February 22 2019, 01:45:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLunar Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

Spaceflightâ€™s first mission beyond Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) and its first combined launch with SSL. Consists out lunar lander called Beresheet (Hebrew for in the beginning) and AFRLâ€™s S5 satellite.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLunar Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowFriday February 22 2019, 01:45:00 UTC→Friday February 22 2019, 02:17:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

All launches

SpaceX

GTO-1 (Beresheet, S5)

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Friday February 22 2019, 01:45:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLunar Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

Spaceflightâ€™s first mission beyond Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) and its first combined launch with SSL. Consists out lunar lander called Beresheet (Hebrew for in the beginning) and AFRLâ€™s S5 satellite.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1048

lost3rd flight

Flights5

Landings4/580%

Fastest turn74d 14h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 663 km downrange

136d 23h since last flight

Landing burn not performed after premature engine shutdown during ascent

Previous flights · 4

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go80%Wind5 m/sGusts9 m/sCloud42%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 7635 m above freezing 5120 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 7635 m, mean 5874 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLunar Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowFriday February 22 2019, 01:45:00 UTC→Friday February 22 2019, 02:17:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1048

lost3rd flight

Flights5

Landings4/580%

Fastest turn74d 14h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 663 km downrange

136d 23h since last flight

Landing burn not performed after premature engine shutdown during ascent

Previous flights · 4

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go80%Wind5 m/sGusts9 m/sCloud42%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 7635 m above freezing 5120 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 7635 m, mean 5874 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577