Rideshare mission carried South Korea's CAS500-2 Earth observation satellite and 44 smallsat payloads — including Argotec HEO MicroSats for Italy's IRIDE constellation — to sun-synchronous orbit from Vandenberg; booster B1071 flew a 33rd time and landed at Landing Zone 4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 578th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 3 May 2026, 07:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2026-100
- Launches in 2026
- 105th of 243
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