Falcon 9: SSO-A SmallSat Express

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Launch date: November 19, 2018
Launch time: 1032 PST, 1332 EST, 1832 UTC
Pad: Vandenberg AFB, SLC-4E
Booster: B1046.3, the first 3rd use
Recovery: ASDS Just Read the Instructions

Spaceflight Industries provides bulk SmallSat rideshare services on whatever launcher is available. For this mission they bought the entire rocket and will be flying at least 70 satellites.

Another service they offer is the SHERPA, a tug which can perform altitude and plane changes.

Two non-tug free-flying dispensers on this mission.

Website
http://spaceflight.com

Mission
http://spaceflight.com/spaceflight-p...acex-falcon-9/

Satellites from these nations

1 USA
2 Canada
3 Finland
4 Germany
5 India
6 Italy
7 Jordan
8 Kazakhstan
9 Netherlands
10 Poland
11 Spain
12 Australia
13 South Korea
14 Switzerland
15 Thailand
16 United Kingdom
17 South Africa
18 Brazil

[Dr Mordrid]

Launch date: December 2, 2018 (Sunday)

Launch time: 1331;47 Eastern, 1031;47 Pacific, 1831;47 GMT

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Mr. Sooty McSootFace

SpaceX ✔ @SpaceX
Falcon 9 rolls out to SpaceXs West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base ahead of Sundays targeted launch of 64 payloads for the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission. Falcon 9s first stage for this mission completed two East Coast launches & landings this year.
12:04 PM - Dec 1, 2018

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Postponed to Monday, Dec. 3

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So far all the satellites have phoned home, so we'll probably see more of these bulk launch missions.