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FIRST THIRD FLIGHT OF AN ORBITAL-CLASS BOOSTER AND A WHOLE LOTTA SMOL SATELLITES edition

WHEN: December 2, 18:31:47 UTC / 1:31:47 PM EST / 10:31:47 AM PST; launch window is 30 minutes long
STREAM: https://www.spacex.com/webcast
Probability of weather delay: tbp, but the high altitude winds that delayed the 1st attempt are decreasing.
Backup launch window: tbp

~ Primary Mission ~
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (West Coast)
Booster & previous flights: B1046.3; [Bangabandhu-1, May 2018, LC-39A] [Merah Putih, August 2018, SLC-40]
Payload: “SSO-A”; ~64 satellites, organized by Spaceflight Industries
Payload mass & destination orbit: ~3000kg; Sun-synchronous 575 km x 575 km ~98º
SpaceX press kit: tbp
Customer press kit: http://spaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Spaceflight_SSO-A_Presskit.zip
Payload information:
>http://spaceflight.com/sso-a/
>https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/content/-/article/sso-a
>Relatively accurate list of payloads: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38551.msg1839535#msg1839535
>Stack assembly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-5iJONtzs

~ Secondary Missions ~
First stage landing: YES, on droneship Just Read the Instructions
Fairing catch: No

Stay in the loop:
https://twitter.com/SpaceX
https://twitter.com/elonmusk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/
https://www.spacex.com

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc
http://spaceflight.com

Want to view the launch?
>drive to the Hawk's Nest on Azalea Lane off of Highway 1 just a half mile south of Vandenberg Air Force Base's main gate
>the Hawk's Nest gates will open at 9:00 a.m. PST and close at 10:15 a.m. PST

Stats:
This will be the 32nd landed first stage, the 18th re-fly of a 1st stage, the 1st re-re-fly of a 1st stage, and the 64th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 19th SpaceX launch of 2018.

FIRST THIRD FLIGHT OF AN ORBITAL-CLASS BOOSTER AND A WHOLE LOTTA SMOL SATELLITES edition

WHEN: Wednesday November 28, 18:31:47 UTC / 1:31:47 PM EST / 10:31:47 AM PST; launch window is 30 minutes long
STREAM: https://www.spacex.com/webcast
Probability of weather delay: tbp
Backup launch window: tbp

~ Primary Mission ~
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (West Coast)
Booster & previous flights: B1046.3; [Bangabandhu-1, May 2018, LC-39A] [Merah Putih, August 2018, SLC-40]
Payload: “SSO-A”; 64+ satellites, organized by Spaceflight Industries
Payload mass & destination orbit: ~3000kg; Sun-synchronous 575 km x 575 km ~98º
SpaceX press kit: tbp
Customer press kit: http://spaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Spaceflight_SSO-A_Presskit.zip
Payload information:
>http://spaceflight.com/sso-a/
>https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/content/-/article/sso-a
>Relatively accurate list of payloads: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38551.msg1839535#msg1839535
>Stack assembly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-5iJONtzs

~ Secondary Missions ~
First stage landing: YES, on droneship Just Read the Instructions
Fairing catch: No

Stay in the loop:
https://twitter.com/SpaceX
https://twitter.com/elonmusk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/
https://www.spacex.com

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc
http://spaceflight.com

Want to view the launch?
>drive to the Hawk's Nest on Azalea Lane off of Highway 1 just a half mile south of Vandenberg Air Force Base's main gate
>the Hawk's Nest gates will open on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. PST and close at 10:15 a.m. PST

Stats:
This will be the 32nd landed first stage, the 18th re-fly of a 1st stage, and the 64th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 19th SpaceX launch of 2018.