PAZ & Microsat-2a, Microsat-2b

Falcon 9 carried Spain's Paz military/civil radar reconnaissance satellite for Hisdesat to sun-synchronous orbit from Vandenberg, riding alongside Tintin A and B, SpaceX's first two prototype Starlink broadband satellites.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

2.1 T (est.)

Flight

24th

of 24 Falcon 9 Full Thrust flights

Date and time

22 February 2018, 14:17 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2018-020

Launches in 2018

20th of 114

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