SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust Formosat 5

Name: SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust Formosat 5
Start: 2017-08-24T18:51:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 4E

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Status

Success

Date

24 AUG 2017

18:51

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Formosat 5 is an Earth observation satellite developed by the Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSPO). Weighing about 475 kg, it will reside in a sun-synchronous orbit at 720-km altitude.

Rocket

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

Height

71 m

Diameter

3.65 m

Launch Mass

546 T

Thrust

6,804 kN