SAOCOM Mission patch.
August 30, 2020
Falcon 9 launches SAOCOM 1B
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SAOCOM 1B spacecraft, along with the rideshare payloads Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on 30 August 2020, at 23:18 UTC (19:18 EDT).
Falcon 9 launches SAOCOM 1B & Falcon 9 first stage landing
SAOCOM 1B is an Earth observation satellite (Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas, Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite).
SAOCOM Earth observation satellite
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1059) landed on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Block 5 booster previously launched Dragon to the International Space Station for CRS-19 and CRS-20, and SpaceX’s ninth Starlink mission.
Falcon 9’s first stage (B1059) landed on Landing Zone 1
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the SAOCOM 1B satellite for CONAE, Argentina’s space agency. SAOCOM 1B is the second of two SAOCOM 1-series Earth observation satellites designed to provide radar imagery to help emergency responders and monitor the environment, including the collection of soil moisture measurements. Delayed from 4th Quarter of 2019, January and February. This mission was originally scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Delayed from March 30 due to coronavirus pandemic. Delayed from Aug. 27 in ripple effect from Delta 4-Heavy/NROL-44 delay.
Related article:
SpaceX - SAOCOM 1A Mission Success
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2018/10/spacex-saocom-1a-mission-success.html
For more information about SpaceX, visit: https://www.spacex.com/
CONAE: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ciencia/conae
Images, Video, Text, Credits: SpaceX/SAOCOM/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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