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SpaceX will launch 53 satellites with 10th rideshare mission by this week
SpaceX will launch its 10th rideshare mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch is planned for March 4th at 2:05 p.m. PT with a backup launch opportunity for Tuesday, March 5 at the same time.
The smallsat rideshare program is a dedicated rideshare mission that starts as low as $300,000 into desired SSO, LEO, and Polar orbit. Customers can check the price for their payload by simply adding a payload mass input on a website.
Customers can reserve the ride online via SpaceX’s website including plate configuration technical specifications and licensing information.
Once reserved, SpaceX sends a welcome package with launch guidance. These payloads are received at the launch site around L-30 and processed in a SpaceX facility.
The company will use a Falcon 9 reusable rocket to send these satellites to their designated orbits. These satellites include:
- Hammer
- MH-1
- CONTECSAT-1
- PY-4 SV1
- PY-4 SV2
- PY-4 SV3
- PY-4 SV4
- Ectobius
- LEMUR 2 ROCINANTE
- LEMUR 2 JOHNNYTRUONG
- OrbAstro-TR-2
- SONATE-2
- ONDOSAT-OWL-1
- ONDOSAT-OWL-2
- LEMUR 2 CHARLIE-ROSE
- NCKU-IRIS-F1
- LUMUR 2 FELDHUS
- NewSat-44
- Lynk Tower 5
- Lynk Tower 6
- OQTech Tiger-7
- Missouri S&T M3
- QQTech Tiger 8
- NWIC Pacific Lace-A
- NWIC Pacific Lace-B
- Quantum Space Sentry
- Axelspace Pyxis
- Fifi
- Rose
- Riri
- YAM-6
- Loulou
- Apex Aries 1
- Optimus
- True Anomaly’s Jackal X-1L-002
- True Anomaly’s Jackal X-1L-001
- Quark-lite
- Quark-Gluon
- GHOSt-4
- GHOSt-5
- Sidus Space LizzieSat-1
- BRO-12
- BRO-13
- HORACIO
- RROCI-2
- MuSat-2
- Pony Express-2 SV2
- Pony Express-2 SV1
- 1st ICEYE
- 3rd ICEYE
- 2nd ICEYE
- MetaneSAT
- A hosted payload
First Stage:
This will be the fifth flight for the first stage booster which previously launched Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, and one Starlink mission. After the stage separation, the booster will return to Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The mission would take more than 2:30 hours to deploy all of the hosted payloads.
(source – SpaceX)