Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS - Lanci Spaziali

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Orbital Launch Attempt Count: 6962

Location Launch Attempt Count: 808

Pad Launch Attempt Count: 192

Agency Launch Attempt Count: 509

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Net Precision: Year Half 1

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Pad Turnaround: P50D

Programma

Pad

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SARah 2 & 3 from SLC-4E

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Rocket

Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Full Name: Falcon 9 Block 5

Maiden Flight: 2018-05-11

Total Launch Count: 403

Successful Launches: 402

Failed Launches: 1

Mission

Mission Name: NAOS

Type: Government/Top Secret

Description: NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years.

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit