Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
18:19:43
Friday December 1, 2023
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* EIRSAT-1, Ireland's first satellite, is a 2U cubesat by University College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast that carries a gamma-ray detector and an experiment of thermal coatings for other spacecraft.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
24 Payloads
Launch of the first satellite in a contract of 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 satellite featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope. The other 4 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be launched at a later date. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is led by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems, and Thales Alenia Space.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
800 kilograms
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
279th
Mission
84th
Mission of 2023
294th
Mission
90th
Mission of 2023
194th
Orbital launch attempt