TRANSPORTER-9 MISSION

FALCON 9

11th November 2023

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NINTH DEDICATED RIDESHARE MISSION WITH SPACEX IN A ROW

Mission

SpaceX’s SmallSat
Rideshare Program
Transporter - 9

Launch Site

Vandenberg Space Force Base, Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), California, USA

Launch Vehicle

Falcon 9

Launch Period

November 2023

34 satellites

Manifested and deployed via Exolaunch

Applications

  • Earth Observation

  • Maritime Surveillance

  • B5G Telecommunications

  • Internet of Things

  • Technology Demonstration

Customers

New customers:

Foxconn; Outpost; NARA SPACE; the Republic of Djibouti via Centre National Universitaire de Montpellier (CSUM); SAB Launch Services; GHGSAT, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Jacobs, HiSky Aerospace via Spire; RIKEN, Mitsui & Co., Prométhée Earth Intelligence via Kongsberg NanoAvionics; Rogue Space Systems Corporation.

Returning customers:

Planet, EnduroSat, Open Cosmos, Orbital Astronautics, GomSpace, Spacemanic.

Constellation customers:

Spire, Aerospacelab, ICEYE, Unseenlabs, Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies.

Main payload

109 spacecraft, including CubeSats, MicroSats, three OTVs and two hosted payloads

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Launch Site

Vandenberg Space Force Base, Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), California, USA

Launch Period

November 2023

Applications

  • Earth Observation

  • Maritime Surveillance

  • B5G Telecommunications

  • Internet of Things

  • Technology Demonstration

Main payload

109 spacecraft, including CubeSats, MicroSats, three OTVs and two hosted payloads

Mission overview

Exolaunch deployed 34 satellites during SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission on November 11, 2023. Lift-off of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle occurred at 10:49 a.m. PT / 7:49 p.m. CET from Vandeberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) in California, USA. This is the 24th mission in Exolaunch’s flight heritage and brings its number of satellites deployed into orbit to 359. This launch marks the culmination of Exolaunch’s fastest launch cadence to date – seven missions total in 2023 – and the addition of standout new customers Foxconn, The Republic of Djibouti, Nara Space, Outpost Space, and Planet.

Exolaunch fully managed the launch missions of the majority of customer satellites clustered on multiple Falcon 9 Rideshare Plates, providing testing, shipping to the launch site, integration, and deployment services. Exolaunch also supplied hardware, integration, and deployment services to Planet on another port. This is the second mission using SpaceX’s novel Rideshare Plate architecture, following Transporter-8 in June 2023, and further consolidates the heritage of Exolaunch systems on Falcon 9.

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