SpaceX F9 - PACE - SLC-40

[Grendal]

Launch Date: February 6
Launch Window: 1:33am EST (10:33pm PST, 06:33am UTC)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: RTLS - LZ-1
Booster: B1081.4
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 1694 kg
Orbit: SSO
Yearly Launch Number: 11

A SpaceX F9 will launch NASA's PACE: Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem is a 1.7 tonne, US$800 million craft that will orbit at 676 km (420 mi) altitude. It will include the Ocean Color Imager intended to study phytoplankton in the ocean, and two polarimeters for studying properties of clouds, aerosols and the ocean.

Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem - Wikipedia

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[Grendal]

I'm on vacation until the 10th. So comment on changes to the launch schedule and any other informative stuff. Please add launch livestreams when you find them.

 

[Electroman]

Not sure who approved your vacation.. !! the audacity !

 

[JB47394]

Successful night launch, RTLS, and payload deployment. The only full video I could find was NSF's, so you get their commentary. Link is to T-1:23. Payload deployment at T+12:26. Sadly, the landing coverage was terrible and not worth watching.

 

[scaesare]

And of a cool (ha!) payload for monitoring ocean temps that folks with a political agenda wanted to kill multiple times....