SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 Euclid
Falcon 9 Block 5
Status
Success
Date
1 JUL 2023
15:12
Mission Overview
European Space Agency telescope designed to explore the evolution of the dark Universe. It will make a 3D-map of the Universe (with time as the third dimension) by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Sun-Earth L2
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Height
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Launch Mass
549 T
Thrust
7,607 kN