Launched WorldView Legion 1 and 2, the first two of Maxar's six-satellite high-resolution Earth-imaging constellation, from Vandenberg. The Falcon 9 booster flew a record-tying 20th mission and returned to land at Landing Zone 4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 272nd
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 2 May 2024, 18:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2024-081
- Launches in 2024
- 83rd of 263
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