Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 63 | SAOCOM-1A
SAOCOM-1A began Argentina's two-satellite L-band synthetic-aperture-radar constellation for soil-moisture mapping and disaster monitoring. Falcon 9 delivered the spacecraft to polar low Earth orbit, while B1048 completed its second flight and SpaceX's first West Coast return-to-launch-site landing.
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- Aliases
- SAOCOM 1ASAOCOM-1AFalcon 9 F063Falcon 9 Flight 63
- Name
- Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 63 | SAOCOM-1A
- Status
- completed
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- Astronauts
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- Description
- SAOCOM-1A began Argentina's two-satellite L-band synthetic-aperture-radar constellation for soil-moisture mapping and disaster monitoring. Falcon 9 delivered the spacecraft to polar low Earth orbit, while B1048 completed its second flight and SpaceX's first West Coast return-to-launch-site landing.
- End Date
- 2018-10-08
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully deployed SAOCOM-1A to polar orbit; booster B1048 landed at Vandenberg Landing Zone 4
- Program
- SAOCOM Earth observation program
- Start Date
- 2018-10-08
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/launches/saocom1a
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 19, 2026 at 10:17:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 10:17:52 UTC
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