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O3b mPower 11-⁠13

Falcon 9Cape Canaveral, Florida

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Mission

3 high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

Falcon 9 launched O3b mPower 11-⁠13 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-⁠40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the 29th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, B1080, which previously launched Starlink 10-⁠45. After stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship.

Launched
14:49 EDT at the pad
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceX
Destination
Medium Earth Orbit
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida47th launch from this pad in 202619 days after the last
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Launch success.

47min

Mission duration

29th

Flight of B1080

660km

Downrange landing, ASOG

109th

SpaceX launch of 2026

Countdown

All times approximate, in your time zone (CEST)Timeline: The Space Devs

  1. T−00:38:00GO for Prop Load
  2. T−00:35:00Stage 1 LOX Load1st stage
  3. T−00:35:00Prop Load
  4. T−00:16:00Stage 2 LOX Load2nd stage
  5. T−00:07:00Engine Chill
  6. T−00:01:00Tank Press
  7. T−00:01:00Startup
  8. T−00:00:45GO for Launch
  9. T−00:00:03Ignition

Mission profile

From liftoff to orbit

  1. SLC-40
  2. ASOG660 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Max-⁠QT+00:01:12
  5. Stage separationT+00:02:31
  6. FairingT+00:03:18
  7. SECOT+00:08:02
  8. LandingT+00:08:46
  1. SLC-40
  2. ASOG660 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Stage separationT+00:02:31
  5. SECOT+00:08:02
  6. LandingT+00:08:46
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Flight

All times approximate, in your time zone (CEST)Timeline: The Space Devs

  1. T+00:00:00Liftoff
  2. T+00:01:12Max-⁠Q
  3. T+00:02:27MECO
  4. T+00:02:31Stage 2 Separation
  5. T+00:02:37SES-⁠12nd stage
  6. T+00:03:18Fairing Separation2nd stage
  7. T+00:06:20Entry Burn Startup1st stage
  8. T+00:06:44Entry Burn Shutdown1st stage
  9. T+00:08:02SECO-⁠12nd stage
  10. T+00:08:23Stage 1 Landing Burn1st stage
  11. T+00:08:46Stage 1 Landing1st stage
  12. T+00:29:51SES-⁠22nd stage
  13. T+00:30:38SECO-⁠22nd stage
  14. T+00:33:41Payload SeparationPayload
  15. T+00:40:41Payload SeparationPayload
  16. T+00:47:41Payload SeparationPayload

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceXReusable634 launches since May 2018, 633 successful

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  • BoosterB108029th flightpreviously Starlink 10-⁠45Landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG)
About Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

70m

Height

3.7m

Diameter

549t

Mass at liftoff

7,607kN

Thrust at liftoff

23t

Payload to low Earth orbit

8.3t

Payload to geostationary transfer orbit

In orbit now

The crewed stations, Hubble and Starlink 31-⁠1, once around the Earth every 90 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Crew-⁠12, Soyuz MS-⁠29In Earth’s shadow436km27,545km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In Earth’s shadow390km27,641km/h
HubbleIn Earth’s shadow475km27,470km/h
Starlink 31-⁠126 satellites from Starship Flight 14, launched 2 days ago; numbers for the first in lineIn sunlight267km27,899km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, Starlink 31-⁠1’s fitted to SpaceX’s own data, up to 17 h old.

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