NROL-87 mission
Feb 2, 2022
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, February 2 for Falcon 9’s launch of NROL-87 to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 12:27 p.m. PST (20:18 UTC), and a backup opportunity is available on February 3 at 12:18 p.m. PST (20:18 UTC).
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.
Falcon 9 launches NROL-87 and Falcon 9 first stage landing
Feb 2, 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-87 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 2 February 2022, at 20:27 UTC (12:27 PST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1071) landed on Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Transporter-4 mission
Apr 1, 2022
On Friday, April 1 at 12:24 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-4, SpaceX’s fourth dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the seventh launch and landing of this Falcon 9 stage booster, which previously supported launch of Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
On board this flight were 40 spacecraft, including CubeSats, microsats, picosats, non-deploying hosted payloads, and an orbital transfer vehicle carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time.
SpaceX Transporter-4 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing
Apr 1, 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-4, SpaceX’s fourth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 40 small spacecraft, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 1 April 2022, at 16:24 UTC (12:24 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1061) previously supported six missions: Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE and one Starlink mission.
Falcon 9 launches NROL-85 and Falcon 9 first stage landing
Apr 17, 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-85 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 17 April 2022, at 13:13 UTC (06:13 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1071) previously launched the NROL-87 mission.
Transporter-5 mission
May 25, 2022
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, May 25 for a Falcon 9 launch of Transporter-5 to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 57-minute launch window opens at 2:35 p.m. ET, or 18:35 UTC. A backup opportunity is available on Thursday, May 26, with the same launch window. Falcon 9 will fly along Florida’s eastern coast over the ocean and may be visible from the ground.
Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, one Starlink mission, and Transporter-4. After stage separation, Falcon 9 will return to Earth and land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Transporter-5 is SpaceX’s fifth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. On this flight are 59 spacecraft, including CubeSats, microsats, non-deploying hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff.
SpaceX Transporter-5 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing
May 25, 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-5, SpaceX’s fifth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 59 small spacecraft, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 25 May 2022, at 18:35 UTC (14:35 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1061) previously supported seven missions: Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4 and one Starlink mission.
Falcon 9 launches Nilesat 301 and Falcon 9 first stage landing
Jun 9, 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Nilesat 301 communications satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 8 June 2022, at 21:04 UTC (17:04 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1062) previously supported six missions: GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Axiom-1 and two Starlink missions.
Nilesat 301 mission
Streamed live on Jun 8, 2022
On Wednesday, June 8 at 5:04 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Nilesat 301 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the seventh launch and landing of this booster, which previously supported the launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, and two Starlink missions.
SARah-1 mission
Jun 18, 2022
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, June 18 for a Falcon 9 launch of the SARah-1 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 7:19 a.m. PT, 14:19 UTC, and a backup opportunity is available on Monday, June 20 at 7:19 a.m. PT, 14:19 UTC.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched the NROL-87 and NROL-85 missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to land on Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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