| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-01-14, 19:09 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-01-14, 11:09 (PST) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1088-2 | | Landing | LZ-4 | | Payloads | 131 | | Customers | Multiple | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to SSO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtK3SBbkXkU | Spaceflight Now | none | NASASpaceflight | none | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD6OEPdYoEE | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1879241263956078726 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Upjeibnrs
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 2nd launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 4 days, 15:15:11 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 23rd landing on LZ-4
☑️ 400th Falcon Family Booster landing, 414th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 73rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 7th Falcon 9 mission this year, 425th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 7th SpaceX mission this year, 441st mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 7th SpaceX launch this year, 457th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Transporter 12 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.