SpaceX Falcon Heavy STP-2

Name: SpaceX Falcon Heavy STP-2
Start: 2019-06-25T06:30:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A

Falcon Heavy

Status

Success

Date

25 JUN 2019

06:30

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission Overview

The STP-2 payload is composed of 25 small spacecraft. Included is COSMIC-2 constellation to provide radio occultation data, along with 8 cubesat nanosatellites. Other payloads include LightSail carried by the Prox-1 nanosatellite, Oculus-ASR nanosatellite, GPIM and the Deep Space Atomic Clock.

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Mission Type

Dedicated Rideshare

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.

Height

70 m

Diameter

12.2 m

Launch Mass

1,400 T

Thrust

22,819 kN