SpaceX

CASSIOPE

Success

Falcon 9 v1.1

T-minus to liftoff

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Sunday September 29 2013, 16:00:13 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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Mission

CASSIOPE (Cascade SmallSat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer) is a small satellite mission for Canadian Space Agency to feature the first in a new generation of multi-purpose satellite platforms. It is tasked with a dual mission on scientific research and telecommunications.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowSunday September 29 2013, 16:00:13 UTC→Sunday September 29 2013, 16:00:13 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height68.4 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableNo

LEO capacity13,150 kg

Track record14/15 successful

Landings0/5

All launches

SpaceX

CASSIOPE

Success

Falcon 9 v1.1

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Sunday September 29 2013, 16:00:13 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

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Mission

CASSIOPE (Cascade SmallSat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer) is a small satellite mission for Canadian Space Agency to feature the first in a new generation of multi-purpose satellite platforms. It is tasked with a dual mission on scientific research and telecommunications.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1003

lost1st flight

Flights1

Landings—

Fastest turn—

Expended — no recovery planned

First flight of Falcon 9 v1.1 upgrade, first Spacex flight from Vandenberg

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud66%Temp15°C

Limiting rule: Droneship recovery upper limit on sea state.

10.8 ≥ 8 ft significant wave height · max cloud-top 3394 m above freezing 3222 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 3394 m, mean 2897 m, 100% cover, freezing 3222 m

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowSunday September 29 2013, 16:00:13 UTC→Sunday September 29 2013, 16:00:13 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height68.4 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableNo

LEO capacity13,150 kg

Track record14/15 successful

Landings0/5

Launch CodexDossier

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

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1003

lost1st flight

Flights1

Landings—

Fastest turn—

Expended — no recovery planned

First flight of Falcon 9 v1.1 upgrade, first Spacex flight from Vandenberg

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%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud66%Temp15°C

Limiting rule: Droneship recovery upper limit on sea state.

10.8 ≥ 8 ft significant wave height · max cloud-top 3394 m above freezing 3222 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 3394 m, mean 2897 m, 100% cover, freezing 3222 m