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SAOCOM 1B

Falcon 9 Block 5

SUCCESS
Success

Sunday, August 30, 2020 · 23:18 UTC

Mission

/01

The SAOCOM 1B spacecraft is the second of the two SAOCOM constellation satellites. It is tasked with hydrology and land observation, and will also operate jointly with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation in X-band to provide frequent information relevant for emergency management. Two rideshare payloads are present - Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

40%

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Variant: Block 5

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562° N, 80.577° W

113

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805

Location Launches

104

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65

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