Falcon 9 is flying a non-Starlink mission from Florida this week, with the rocket lofting two WorldView Legion satellites into a mid-latitude low-Earth orbit from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe's next generation of earth observation satellites. Window Opens: August 15th at 9AM EDT (13:00 UTC) Window Closes: August 15th at 12:28PM EDT (16:28 UTC) Mission: F9 launch of 2 WorldView Legion satellites for Maxar Technologies Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO); 45 degree orbit Booster: B1076-16; 37d 13h 30min turnaround Booster history: CRS-26, OneWeb-16, SL 6-1, Intelsat 40e, SL 6-3, SL 6-6, SL 6-14, SL 6-21, O3b mPOWER 3, Ovzon-3, SL 6-40, Eutelsat 36D, SL 6-54, SL 6-64, Türksat 6A. Booster recovery: Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) Fairing recovery: Bob Rocket trajectory: Northeast Payload mass: ~3400kg Stub
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