Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-08-15, 13:00
Scheduled for (local) 2024-08-15, 09:00 (EDT)
Mission CRS NG-21
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Booster B1076-16
Landing LZ-1
Payload WorldView Legion 3 & 4
Customer Maxar Technologies
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to LEO

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12UhwZY4gQ
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bnoNUK51M
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cju0XNW2Ut0
The Launch Pad https://youtube.com/watch?v=6KNKORsX8mg
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1824065327980019774
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1uPcDo3G4M

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 38th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 5 days, 0:10:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 43rd landing on LZ-1

☑️ 340th Falcon Family Booster landing, 350th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 10th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 79th Falcon 9 mission this year, 365th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 80th SpaceX mission of 2024, 380th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 82nd SpaceX launch this year, 393rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe’s next generation of earth observation satellites.