Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

SpaceX's Transporter-9 dedicated smallsat rideshare from Vandenberg, deploying about 90 payloads for numerous customers into sun-synchronous orbit, including several orbital transfer vehicles carrying additional satellites for later release. The booster landed back at Vandenberg.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

2.6 T (est.)

Flight

215th

of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights

Date and time

11 November 2023, 18:49 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Payload

Dedicated Rideshare

International designator

2023-174

Launches in 2023

184th of 223

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