SpaceX

Formosat 5

Success

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

T-minus to liftoff

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Thursday August 24 2017, 18:51:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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Mission

Formosat 5 is an Earth observation satellite developed by the Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSPO). Weighing about 475 kg, it will reside in a sun-synchronous orbit at 720-km altitude.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowThursday August 24 2017, 18:51:00 UTC→Thursday August 24 2017, 19:33:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Formosat 5

Success

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

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00

MINUTES

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00

SECONDS

Thursday August 24 2017, 18:51:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

Launch CodexDossier

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

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Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

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Mission

Formosat 5 is an Earth observation satellite developed by the Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSPO). Weighing about 475 kg, it will reside in a sun-synchronous orbit at 720-km altitude.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1038

expended1st flight

Flights2

Landings1/1100%

Fastest turn181d 19h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI

Stage Expended

Previous flights · 1

#2PAZ & Microsat-2a, Microsat-2b+181d 19hPACFeb 22, 2018

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go90%Wind7 m/sGusts9 m/sCloud64%Temp17°C

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

max cloud-top 5759 m above freezing 3589 m (98% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 5759 m, mean 4377 m, 98% cover, freezing 3589 m · 7.1 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowThursday August 24 2017, 18:51:00 UTC→Thursday August 24 2017, 19:33:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

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

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1038

expended1st flight

Flights2

Landings1/1100%

Fastest turn181d 19h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI

Stage Expended

Previous flights · 1

#2PAZ & Microsat-2a, Microsat-2b+181d 19hPACFeb 22, 2018

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go90%Wind7 m/sGusts9 m/sCloud64%Temp17°C

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

max cloud-top 5759 m above freezing 3589 m (98% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 5759 m, mean 4377 m, 98% cover, freezing 3589 m · 7.1 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height