The Transporter-9 mission will loft 90 payloads to orbit. SpaceX is poised to launch its Transporter-9 mission today (Nov. 11), a ‘rideshare’ flight that will loft 90 payloads to orbit.
SpaceX is set to launch its Transporter-9 mission on November 11. The mission will carry 90 payloads for a variety of customers, including:
- Cubesats
- Microsats
- Orbital transfer vehicles
The launch will include 113 payloads, 90 of which will be deployed directly from the Falcon 9 rocket. The other 23 satellites will deploy from orbital transfer vehicles at a later time.
The mission is a “rideshare” flight. SpaceX offers payload configurations for rideshare. For larger spacecraft, custom configurations and cake topper slots are available upon request.
The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Transporter-9 mission’s manifest is usually made public by SpaceX very close to the date of liftoff. The initial deployments will include 11 payloads from German company Exolaunch.
The Falcon 9 rocket has a success rate of over 100 consecutive successful launches. The Falcon 9 first-stage boosters have landed successfully in 244 of 255 attempts (95.7%). The Falcon 9 Block 5 version has a success rate of 97.7%. ( source google)
The Transporter-9 mission is SpaceX’s ninth smallsat rideshare mission. The mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The payloads include dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
The Transporter flights provide a consistent cadence of rideshare opportunities to the popular SSO destination, with several flights per year.
The Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 rocket is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
of November 5, 2023, SpaceX has launched 80 rockets in 2023:
- 75 Falcon 9s
- 4 Falcon Heavies
- 1 Starship
SpaceX’s 80th mission of the year was a launch of 23 Starlink internet communications satellites. The company is aiming for 100 flights by the end of 2023 and 144 in 2024. About 60% of this year’s flights have been dedicated to building out Starlink.
In July 2023, one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9s set a new record of 15 reuses, or 16 total flights. SpaceX is reportedly aiming for 20 reuses per first stage
Here are some other major launches in 2023:
- Aditya-L1: India’s first solar mission, launched on September 2, 2023
- Chandrayaan-3: India’s rocket to the moon, launched on July 14, 2023
- GPS III SV-06: Launched on January 18, 2023 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
- Starlink-84 (6-3): Launched on May 19, 2023 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
- Starlink 5-10: Launched on March 29, 2023 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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