Falcon 9 Block 5 | SAOCOM 1B

Falcon 9 Block 5

Aug 30, 2020, 11:18 PM UTC

Mission Elapsed Time

T-00:00:00

Booster History

B1059

Flight #4

Flight #4 · Last flown 2020-06-13

Total Flights: 6
Recovery Rate: 5/6 successful landings
This Landing: Landing successful· Return to Launch Site (RTLS)
Recovery Site: Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1)
Last Flight: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 8 · 78-day turnaround

Landing Record

5 successful · 1 failed · 6 total

Mission Details

The SAOCOM 1B spacecraft is the second of the two SAOCOM constellation satellites. It is tasked with hydrology and land observation, and will also operate jointly with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation in X-band to provide frequent information relevant for emergency management. Two rideshare payloads are present - Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1.

Type: Communications
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Country: 🇺🇸 USA