Launch Mission: Jason 3
Date: 1/17/2016
✅ Successful Launch
🧾 Mission Details
Flight #: 26
Details: First launch of NASA and NOAA joint science mission under the NLS II launch contract (not related to NASA CRS or USAF OSP3 contracts). Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. The Jason-3 satellite was successfully deployed to target orbit. SpaceX again attempted a recovery of the first stage booster by landing on an autonomous drone ship; this time located in the Pacific Ocean. The first stage did achieve a soft-landing on the ship, but a lockout on one of the landing legs failed to latch, so that the booster fell over and exploded.
🚀 Rocket Details
Type: rocket
📍 Launchpad Details
Name: Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Launchpad Details Page🛰️ Cores
- Core Serial: B1017 — Reuse Count: 0View Core
🧑🚀 Payloads
- Payload: Jason-3 — Mass: 553 kgView Payload