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SpaceX Launches Transporter 7 Rideshare Mission

Space News reported that SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California a Falcon 9 on the Transporter-7 mission, carrying more than 50 satellites. Its largest payload was “the 800-kilogram IMECE imaging satellite built by Turkish research institute Tübitak Uzay.” Spaceflight Now reported the payload included “CubeSats, microsatellites, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles.”
Full Story (Space News); More Info (Spaceflight Now)

 

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Transporter-7 Mission
SpaceX launched Transporter-7, the company’s seventh dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, atop a Falcon 9, Friday, April 14 at 11:48 p.m. PT, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
(SpaceX; YouTube)

SpaceX Plans to Launch Rideshare Mission Saturday

Florida Today reports that SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 9:40 a.m. EST Saturday for the launch of a rideshare mission. The weather conditions for the mission are expected to be 60% “go.” The rocket will carry “dozens of payloads owned by organizations ranging from SpaceX itself to the Department of Defense to NASA.” The Falcon 9 will deliver the satellites at several different locations.
Full Story (Florida Today)

SpaceX Launches Dedicated Rideshare Mission

Space News reported that SpaceX “launched the fourth in its series of dedicated rideshare missions April 1, placing one relatively large satellite and dozens of smallsats into low Earth orbit.” The Transporter-4 mission carried only 40 satellites, compared to previous missions carrying more than 100 satellites.
Full Story (Space News)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 70+ Payloads in Transporter-13 Mission

Space News reports, “A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched more than 70 payloads in the latest in its series of dedicated rideshare missions that have reshaped the small satellite industry. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:43 a.m. Eastern March 15 on the Transporter-13 mission. SpaceX said Transporter-13 carried 74 payloads, including hosted payloads and satellites that will be deployed later from an orbital transfer vehicle by D-Orbit. SpaceX’s website listed 47 separate deployments planned over 90 minutes.”
Full Story (Space News)

 

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SpaceX Transporter 13 Launch
(The Launch Pad; YouTube)