Transporter-13 Launch Thread
Transporter-13 Launch Thread
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-03-15, 06:43 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-03-14, 23:43 (PDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA |
| Booster | B1081-13 |
| Landing | LZ-4 |
| Payloads | 74 |
| Customers | Multiple |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to SSO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqyhBLJy1Cs |
| Spaceflight Now | none |
| NASASpaceflight | none |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VGm6Mm1o_g |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1900796688471613495 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue48gaS7q30 |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 9th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 3 days, 3:32:48 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 25th landing on LZ-4
☑️ 424th Falcon Family Booster landing, 436th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 73rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 30th Falcon 9 mission this year, 448th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 30th SpaceX mission this year, 464th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 32nd SpaceX launch this year, 482nd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Transporter 13 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.