Launched the twin SARah-2 and SARah-3 passive radar reconnaissance satellites for the German military from Vandenberg; the OHB-built reflector-antenna spacecraft complement the active SARah-1 radar satellite. The booster made its eighth flight and landed back at Vandenberg.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.6 T
- Flight
- 227th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 24 December 2023, 13:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2023-204
- Launches in 2023
- 215th of 223
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