Liftoff Time |
November 24, 2021 – 06:21 UTC November 23, 2021 – 22:21 PST |
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Mission Name |
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) |
Launch Provider
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SpaceX |
Customer
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NASA (LSP) |
Rocket |
Falcon 9 B1063-3; 181.47-day turnaround |
Launch Location |
Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California |
Payload mass |
624 kg (1,400 lb) |
Where did the satellites go? |
Heliocentric |
Where did the first stage land? |
B1063 successfully completed a landing on Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Tug: Scorpius; Support: GO Quest |
Did they attempt to recover the fairings? |
The fairing halves were recovered by NRC Quest |
This was the |
– 129th Falcon 9 launch – 26th Falcon 9 launch in 2021 – 127th Falcon 9 launch success – 70th Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage – 18th SpaceX launch from SLC-4E – 138th SpaceX mission – 132nd SpaceX mission success – 137th SpaceX launch – 26th SpaceX launch of 2021 – 72nd Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship |