A Falcon 9 launched the first Weather System Follow-on Microwave satellite, WSF-M, from Vandenberg for the U.S. Space Force. The mission supplies environmental measurements, including ocean winds and storm intensity, for weather forecasting and military operations.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T
- Flight
- 265th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 11 April 2024, 14:25 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2024-070
- Launches in 2024
- 72nd of 263
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