Transporter-7

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April 15th 2023, 06:48

Launch Date

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg Space Force Base

Landing Zone 4

Vandenberg Space Force Base

B1063-10

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, April 13 at 11:47 p.m. PT (06:47 UTC on April 14) for Falcon 9’s launch of the Transporter-7 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and seven Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Transporter-7 is SpaceX’s seventh dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. There will be 51 payloads on this flight, including CubeSats, MicroSats, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time.

Media

Transporter-7 Mission

SpaceX

Timeline

All Times Are Approximate

Countdown

  • T-00:38:00

    SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load

  • T-00:35:00

    RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins

  • T-00:35:00

    1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins

  • T-00:16:00

    2nd stage LOX loading begins

  • T-00:07:00

    Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch

  • T-00:01:00

    Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks

  • T-00:01:00

    Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins

  • T-00:00:45

    SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch

  • T-00:00:03

    Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start

  • T+00:00:00

    Falcon 9 liftoff

Launch, Landing, and Deployment

  • T+00:01:05

    Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)

  • T+00:02:18

    1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)

  • T+00:02:20

    1st and 2nd stages separate

  • T+00:02:30

    2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)

  • T+00:02:35

    1st stage boostback burn begins

  • T+00:03:01

    Fairing deployment

  • T+00:03:30

    1st stage boostback burn ends

  • T+00:06:11

    1st stage entry burn begins

  • T+00:06:25

    1st stage entry burn ends

  • T+00:07:19

    1st stage landing burn begins

  • T+00:07:36

    1st stage landing

  • T+00:08:19

    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)

  • T+00:57:48

    2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)

  • T+00:57:50

    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)

  • T+01:01:02

    C6 - Mey-Lin deploys, manifested by GHGSat

  • T+01:01:17

    SSS-2B deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:01:25

    C8 - Oceane deploys, manifested by GHGSat

  • T+01:01:37

    DEWA-SAT 2 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:01:48

    KILICSAT deploys, manifested by Maverick Space Systems

  • T+01:02:04

    OrbAstro-AF-1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:02:17

    BRO-9 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:02:30

    LEMUR 2 ONREFLECTION deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:02:59

    C7 - Gaspard deploys, manifested by GHGSat

  • T+01:03:46

    TAIFA-1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:04:08

    Connecta T2.1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:04:20

    Sapling deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:04:34

    LS2f deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:04:47

    FACSAT CHIRIBIQUETE deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:05:00

    ROSEYCUBESAT-1 and Inspire-Sat deploy, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:05:12

    Blue Dot Consortium: Pleiades - Squared deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:06:04

    It’s About Time deploys, manifested by Maverick Space Systems

  • T+01:06:17

    CIRBE deploys, manifested by Maverick Space Systems

  • T+01:07:09

    Sateliot-0 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:07:22

    LEMUR 2 SPACEGUS deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:08:38

    LEMUR 2 ROMEO-N-LEO deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:09:45

    NewSat 36 deploys, manifested by Satellogic

  • T+01:11:04

    NewSat 37 deploys, manifested by Satellogic

  • T+01:11:58

    NewSat 38 deploys, manifested by Satellogic

  • T+01:12:13

    UMBRA deploys, manifested by Umbra Lab

  • T+01:12:33

    ALIZER 02 HAWK7B deploys, manifested by Omniteq

  • T+01:13:28

    ALIZER 02 HAWK7A deploys, manifested by Omniteq

  • T+01:14:26

    ALIZER 02 HAWK7C deploys, manifested by Omniteq

  • T+01:14:46

    Tomorrow.io’s Tomorrow-R1 deploys, manifested by Maverick Space Systems

  • T+01:15:35

    NorSat-TD deploys, manifested by Exolaunch

  • T+01:16:16

    NewSat 39 deploys, manifested by Satellogic

  • T+01:16:50

    GHOSt-2 deploys, manifested by Maverick Space Systems

  • T+01:17:03

    ION SCV-010 Masterful Matthaeus deploys, manifested by D-Orbit

  • T+01:20:45

    GHOSt-1 deploys, manifested by Maverick Space Systems

  • T+01:22:09

    VIGORIDE6 deploys, manifested by Momentus

  • T+01:46:15

    2nd stage engine starts (SES-3)

  • T+01:46:16

    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-3)

  • T+02:31:09

    2nd stage engine starts (SES-4)

  • T+02:31:10

    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-4)

  • T+02:35:19

    Tubitak’s IMECE deploys