Lead Image Credit: SpaceX
Lift Off Time |
April 28, 2024 – 00:34 UTC April 27, 2024 – 20:34 EDT |
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Mission Name |
Galileo FOC FM25 & FM27 |
Launch Provider
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SpaceX |
Customer
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ESA |
Rocket |
Falcon 9; B1060-20; 34.89-day turnaround |
Launch Location |
Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA |
Payload mass |
1,603 kg |
Where did the satellites go? |
Medium-Earth Orbit |
Where did the first stage land? |
B1060 was expended |
Did they attempt to recover the fairings? |
The fairing halves were recovered by Bob |
This was the |
– 328th Falcon 9 mission – 257th Falcon 9 flight with a flight-proven booster – 271st reflight of a booster – 40th reflight of a booster in 2024 – 43rd SpaceX launch of 2024 – 82nd SpaceX launch from Launch Complex 39A |
Where to watch |
Official coverage |
What Does All This Mean?
SpaceX successfully launched two Galileo satellites to medium-Earth orbit for the European government. The mission lifted off from SpaceX’s pad Launch Complex 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. The booster was intentionally expended, marking the first expended Falcon 9 flight in over a year.
