Carried South Korea's first military reconnaissance satellite, the 425 Project electro-optical/infrared spacecraft, plus about 25 rideshare payloads, from Vandenberg. The booster flew for the 17th time and landed back at Landing Zone 4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 221st
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 1 December 2023, 18:19 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2023-185
- Launches in 2023
- 196th of 223
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