![]() Italian firm D-Orbit is flying two of their ION tugs on this mission. Geometric Energy Corporation had planned to launch several payloads on the Maverick port, but those have since been delayed to a later flight. Maverick Space will also be integrating some United States government payloads onboard. The company ExoLaunch has a variety of CubeSat and microsatellite customers deploying from multiple ports on the payload stack. ISILaunch handled the integration of 47 spacecraft in CubeSat deployers on two of the ports, some of which are being done on behalf of launch service providers Spaceflight and SpaceBD. The payloads will then either deploy directly from the launch adapter or from a separable deployer or space tug that will release payloads at a later time - possibly after adjusting the orbit. While some Transporter customers deal directly with SpaceX to get a ride for their spacecraft, most of the payloads are handled by launch integrators who buy ports on the payload stack and then assemble multiple customers into that space. Fairing recovery north of Cuba ~604km downrange. Drop area (red) in case of boostback/SES-1 failure. #Transporter-6 LHAs from SLC-40 NET 02 Jan 14:56 UTC, altern. ![]() ![]() B1060 previously launched a GPS satellite, geostationary transfer orbit missions for Turksat and Intelsat, the Transporter-2 rideshare, and 10 Starlink missions. This record was just set in December 2022 as SpaceX continues to increase the longevity of its booster fleet. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle for this mission featured booster B1060-15, which tied the record for most flights of a Falcon 9 booster at 15. Payload deployments will begin around an hour after launch and last for about half an hour. The payloads are destined for an SSO of approximately 525 km in altitude and a 97.6-degree inclination. There are three additional Transporter missions scheduled for 2023, launching in the first, second, and fourth quarters of the year. As with many other satellite missions in 2022, the Transporter-6 launch date slipped from its original October 2022 target, ending up at the beginning of 2023. The Transporter missions are intended to provide a consistent cadence of rideshare opportunities to popular orbits such as Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The payloads range in size from picosatellites of less than a kilogram - measuring only a few centimeters on each side - to microsatellites massing around 100 kg. This was the sixth dedicated rideshare mission organized by SpaceX and carried 114 payloads into orbit - some of which will be deployed later from a number of space tugs that are on the mission. The weather forecast from the 45th Weather Squadron showed a 90% chance of acceptable weather on Tuesday, dropping slightly to 80% on Wednesday at the same time of day should the launch have been delayed. Falcon 9’s first stage returned to land at Landing Zone-1 at CCSFS approximately eight and a half minutes after launch. The mission lifted off at 9:56 AM EST (14:56 UTC) on Tuesday, Jan. SpaceX began another busy year with the launch of the Transporter-6 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
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