| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-16, 18:56 |
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| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-16, 11:56 (PDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA |
| Booster | B1075-12 |
| Landing | LZ-4 |
| Payloads | Multiple |
| Customers | Multiple |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to SSO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
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| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WVENEaFvvw
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cmrLaEAF9o
| NASASpaceflight |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvFthRg22Bk&pp=ygUOdGhlIGxhdW5jaCBwYWQ%3D
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1824517750707896665
| The Space Devs |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 27th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 4 days, 16:54:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 20th landing on LZ-4
☑️ 341st Falcon Family Booster landing, 351st Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 11th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 80th Falcon 9 mission this year, 366th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 81st SpaceX mission of 2024, 381st mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 83rd SpaceX launch this year, 394th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Transporter 11 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.
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