SpaceX launches 116 satellites with 11th rideshare mission

SpaceX has launched the 11th major rideshare mission to Earth’s orbit with 116 satellites in the payload fairing. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying this mission ignited engines from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Rideshare missions are designed to provide cost-effective satellite deployment services. These satellites are packaged together and share the cost of one launch reducing the cost of a single launch.

It enables deployment services through Sun-synchronous Orbit, Low Earth Orbit, and Polar Orbit. The company charges $300,000 for 50kg to SSO with additional mass at $6k/kg.

The upper stage carried 116 payloads with this flight including CubeSats, MicroSats, and an orbital transfer vehicle with eight of those payloads. Here are the satellites lifted with the 11th SpaceX Rideshare mission:

• GaindeSAT-1A
• Waratah Seed-1
• Φsat-2
• Array Labs Rock and Lopen
• SATORO-T2
• Tomorrow-S1
• CUAVA-2
• Plan – S / Connecta IoT-1
• ERNST via Fraunhofer EMI
• Aethero
• Kanyini
• OreSat0.5
• Plan – S / Connecta IoT-4
• LEMUR 2 TOMATOKECHUP
• Plan – S / Connecta IoT-2
• Iperdrone
• GNA-3
• Hyperfield-1
• PTD – R
• CAKRA-1
• Plan – S / Connecta IoT-3
• QUBE
• Tomorrow-S2
• TROOP- F2
• Flock 4BE 16
• Flock 4BE 28
• Flock 4BE 15
• Flock 4BE 4
• Flock 4BE 27
• Flock 4BE 13
• Flock 4BE 14
• Flock 4BE 25
• Flock 4BE 3
• Flock 4BE 26
• Flock 4BE 1
• Flock 4BE 2
• Flock 4BE 20
• Flock 4BE 7
• Flock 4BE 19
• Flock 4BE 31
• Flock 4BE 8
• Flock 4BE 17
• Flock 4BE 32
• Flock 4BE 6
• Flock 4BE 5
• Flock 4BE 18
• Flock 4BE 24
• Flock 4BE 29
• Flock 4BE 30
• Flock 4BE 11
• Flock 4BE 12
• Flock 4BE 36
• Flock 4BE 23
• Flock 4BE 9
• Flock 4BE 10
• Flock 4BE 22
• Flock 4BE 21
• Flock 4BE 35
• NewSat 50
• Flock 4BE 34
• EagleEye
• NewSat 48
• YAM-7
• Flock 4BE 33
• TYCHE
• Tanager 1
• NewSat 49
• LUR-1
• WREN-1
• TORO
• UM5Sat-Ribat
• Sateliot_2
• UM5-EOSat
• Nightjar
• Sateliot_4
• HYPSO-2
• LEMUR 2 STELLA
• LEMUR 2 MARHISYAM
• BRO-15
• PICO-1B1+
• Sateliot_1
• LEMU-NGE
• BRO-14
• Sateliot_3
• PTD-4
• GNOMES-5
• Arctic Weather Satellite
• ICEYE 1
• ICEYE 2
• Umbra-10
• ICEYE 3
• ION SCV Magnificent Monica
• Capella-15
• Hawk-10B
• Umbra-09
• ICEYE 4
• Hawk-10A
• QPS-SAR-8 AMATERU-IV
• Hawk-10C

Here are the operators that are operating these satellites

• Exolaunch
• Maverick Space Systems
• Tomorrow.io
• ISISpace
• SEOPS
• Planet Labs
• Satellogic
• Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)
• AVS
• PlanetIQ
• Umbra
• D-Orbit
• iQPS

After hot-staging, the first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. This was the 12th flight for the booster.

The deployment part takes about 2 hours to send these satellites to their classes.

(source – SpaceX)