{"id":22068,"date":"2023-01-04T19:48:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-kicks-off-2023-with-rideshare-mission-featuring-a-flawless-landing-back-at-lz-1\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T19:48:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T11:48:11","slug":"spacex-kicks-off-2023-with-rideshare-mission-featuring-a-flawless-landing-back-at-lz-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-kicks-off-2023-with-rideshare-mission-featuring-a-flawless-landing-back-at-lz-1\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX kicks off 2023 with rideshare mission featuring a flawless landing back at LZ-1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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114 payloads deployed for multiple customers<\/h2>\n

Transporter-6 is the sixth (hence the name) dedicated mission of SpaceX\u2019s rideshare program. These missions try to compete with the rising market of SmallSat launches like Rocket Lab and the countless other startups preparing to come online hopefully this year. To do this, SpaceX packs its Falcon 9 rocket full of satellites, bringing the cost per customer to a much more attainable price. However, this forces customers to all use the same orbit unless they can move independently. Payloads also have to abide by restraints that other payloads might have when it comes to outgassing from fuels or materials on board.<\/p>\n

On SpaceX\u2019s first mission of 2023, Transporter-6 had 114 payloads. That\u2019s not the most we\u2019ve seen from other rideshares, but it\u2019s certainly an impressive amount. Liftoff took place at 9:56 a.m. EST this morning from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and confirmation of deployment of all payloads came about an hour and a half later via SpaceX\u2019s Twitter account.<\/p>\n

First SpaceX 2023 launch features LZ-1 booster landing<\/h2>\n

What a way to start the year, right? SpaceX launched 60 Falcon 9s last year, but only 10 featured a ground pad landing. Transporter-6 featured a flight of Booster B1060, a flight-leading core now with 15 flights under its belt (tied with the best booster ever, B1058). After successfully launching the upper stage high above the atmosphere, B1060 turned around and returned to the Florida Coast, touching down at LZ-1 just south of SLC-40.<\/p>\n

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