Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 7 & 8
Falcon 9 Block 5 launched the O3b mPower 7 & 8 mission for SpaceX from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on Dec 17, 2024 (UTC).
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 7 & 8
Launched Dec 18, 2024 7:26:00 AMSuccess
4 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
41° NE
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 54.8°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
Seventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Wed, Dec 18 · 7:26:00 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- MEO
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA