SAOCOM 1B & Rideshares

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:18:56

Sunday August 30, 2020

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Launch Notes

The first launch from Florida using the southern polar corridor to reach orbit since the 1960s.

SAOCOM 1B

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SAOCOM 1B is equipped with an L-band (about 1.275 GHz) full polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The primary purpose is to mitigate the effects of natural disasters.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

3,050 kilograms

Tyvak-0172

EG (EchoStar Global) is a S-band IoT (Internet-of-Things) constellation by EchoStar Global LLC, an Australian subsidiary of EchoStar.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

GNOMES 1

GNOMES 1 (GNSS Navigation and Occultation Measurement Satellites) is a satellite designed to detect radio occultation from navigation satellites and use that data for weather forecasting and Earth sciences. The final GNOMES constellation will consist of 20 satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

30 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$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

Launch Site

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


93rd

Mission

15th

Mission of 2020

SpaceX


101st

Mission

15th

Mission of 2020

2020


65th

Orbital launch attempt