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Dec. 3, 2018
Spaceflight SSO-A lift off
On Monday, December 3rd at 10:34 a.m. EST, SpaceX successfully launched Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express to a low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A series of six deployments, occurring between 13 to 43 minutes after liftoff, will be followed by Spaceflight's own deployment sequences. Spaceflight’s deployments are expected to occur over a period of six hours.
Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express
Falcon 9’s first stage for the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission previously supported the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 mission in May 2018 and the Merah Putih mission in August 2018.
SSO-A stack of satellites
Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
SSO-A stack of satellites separation from Falcon 9 rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with Spaceflight’s SSO-A rideshare mission, a stack of satellites heading into sun-synchronous polar orbit. Numerous small payloads will be launched on this mission for nearly 50 government and commercial organizations from 16 countries, including the United States, Australia, Finland, Germany, Singapore, Thailand and Switzerland (Astrocast).
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