A Falcon 9 launched EarthCARE (Hakuryu), the ESA–JAXA Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer, from Vandenberg to study how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's climate. The booster returned for a landing at Landing Zone 4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T
- Flight
- 284th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 28 May 2024, 22:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2024-101
- Launches in 2024
- 104th of 263
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