SAOCOM 1B & Rideshares
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:18:56
Sunday August 30, 2020
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Launch Notes
The first launch from Florida using the southern polar corridor to reach orbit since the 1960s.
SAOCOM 1B
SAOCOM 1B is equipped with an L-band (about 1.275 GHz) full polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The primary purpose is to mitigate the effects of natural disasters.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
3,050 kilograms
Tyvak-0172
EG (EchoStar Global) is a S-band IoT (Internet-of-Things) constellation by EchoStar Global LLC, an Australian subsidiary of EchoStar.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
GNOMES 1
GNOMES 1 (GNSS Navigation and Occultation Measurement Satellites) is a satellite designed to detect radio occultation from navigation satellites and use that data for weather forecasting and Earth sciences. The final GNOMES constellation will consist of 20 satellites.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
30 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$74.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,000 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
Landing Zone 1
Launch Site
Stats
Falcon 9
93rd
Mission
15th
Mission of 2020
SpaceX
101st
Mission
15th
Mission of 2020
2020
65th
Orbital launch attempt