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SpaceX will launch 53 satellites with 10th rideshare mission by this week

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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:

  1. Hammer
  2. MH-1
  3. CONTECSAT-1
  4. PY-4 SV1
  5. PY-4 SV2
  6. PY-4 SV3
  7. PY-4 SV4
  8. Ectobius
  9. LEMUR 2 ROCINANTE
  10. LEMUR 2 JOHNNYTRUONG
  11. OrbAstro-TR-2
  12. SONATE-2
  13. ONDOSAT-OWL-1
  14. ONDOSAT-OWL-2
  15. LEMUR 2 CHARLIE-ROSE
  16. NCKU-IRIS-F1
  17. LUMUR 2 FELDHUS
  18. NewSat-44
  19. Lynk Tower 5
  20. Lynk Tower 6
  21. OQTech Tiger-7
  22. Missouri S&T M3
  23. QQTech Tiger 8
  24. NWIC Pacific Lace-A
  25. NWIC Pacific Lace-B
  26. Quantum Space Sentry
  27. Axelspace Pyxis
  28. Fifi
  29. Rose
  30. Riri
  31. YAM-6
  32. Loulou
  33. Apex Aries 1
  34. Optimus
  35. True Anomaly’s Jackal X-1L-002
  36. True Anomaly’s Jackal X-1L-001
  37. Quark-lite
  38. Quark-Gluon
  39. GHOSt-4
  40. GHOSt-5
  41. Sidus Space LizzieSat-1
  42. BRO-12
  43. BRO-13
  44. HORACIO
  45. RROCI-2
  46. MuSat-2
  47. Pony Express-2 SV2
  48. Pony Express-2 SV1
  49. 1st ICEYE
  50. 3rd ICEYE
  51. 2nd ICEYE
  52. MetaneSAT
  53. 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)

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