Falcon 9 Block 5 | IMAP & others

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | IMAP & others

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Orbital Launch Attempt Count: 7031

Location Launch Attempt Count: 270

Pad Launch Attempt Count: 212

Agency Launch Attempt Count: 548

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Pad Turnaround: P61D

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Pad

Launch Complex 39A

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

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: 444

Successful Launches: 443

Failed Launches: 1

Mission

Mission Name: IMAP & others

Type: Heliophysics

Description: IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is a NASA mission to study interactions between solar wind and local interstellar medium. Carrying a suite of 10 scientific instruments, IMAP is able to investigate how particles are accelerated, determine their composition, as well as help to advance space weather forecasting models. IMAP launch also includes several secondary payloads from NASA, which are: a small lunar orbiter called Lunar Trailblazer, space weather satellite SWFO-L1, GLIDE mission to study far ultraviolet emission in exosphere and a solar sail mission Solar Cruiser.

Orbit: Heliocentric L1