Launched NASA's twin TRACERS satellites from Vandenberg to study magnetic reconnection between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere, plus rideshares including Athena EPIC, PExT and REAL; the booster landed back at Vandenberg on its 16th flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 450th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 23 July 2025, 18:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Heliophysics
- International designator
- 2025-154
- Launches in 2025
- 160th of 329
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