The first stage booster on the Starlink 9-5 mission was flying its ninth flight and had previously launched Crew-7, CRS-29, NROL-186, EarthCARE, Transporter 10, PACE, and three Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the Group 9-5 mission is flying its ninth mission and previously launched Crew-7, CRS-29, NROL-186, EarthCARE, Transporter 10, PACE, and two Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 first stage used for the EarthCARE launch was making its seventh flight and had previously supported Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, and two Starlink missions.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provided a cloud profiling radar for EarthCARE at a cost of 8,300,000,000 JPY ($53,000,000).
EarthCARE is equipped with four instruments that work together: an atmospheric lidar, a cloud profiling radar provided by JAXA, a multispectral imager, and a broadband radiometer.
A Falcon 9 launched the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) spacecraft on 2024-05-28.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the ESA and JAXA EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) mission on Tuesday, 2024-05-28 at 3:10 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
EarthCARE has a mission cost of 800,000,000 EUR ($870,000,000).
EarthCARE was moved to Europe’s Vega C before ESA decided in June of the previous year to launch it on a Falcon 9 due to delays returning Vega C to flight and required payload fairing modifications.
EarthCARE is the second ESA-led mission to launch on a Falcon 9 after the Euclid space telescope launched in July of the previous year.
EarthCARE’s cloud profiling radar is provided by JAXA and provides information on the vertical structure, motion, and internal dynamics of clouds.
SpaceX will launch EarthCARE on a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 3:20 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The EarthCARE satellite will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The EarthCARE satellite was designed and manufactured by a consortium of more than 75 companies under prime contractor Airbus.
The EarthCARE satellite will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Teledyne Space Imaging’s imaging sensors for EarthCARE have been designed and optimized to operate at a wavelength of 355 nm.
The EarthCARE satellite is scheduled to launch in May 2024.
Teledyne Space Imaging’s imaging sensors for EarthCARE were designed and optimized to operate at a wavelength of 355 nm.
The EarthCARE satellite is scheduled to be launched in May 2024.
The EarthCARE satellite was designed and manufactured by a consortium of more than 75 companies under prime contractor Airbus.