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Falcon 9 launches MRV-1 from Cape Canaveral SFS
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC. The flight succeeded.
The flight
The window opened at 21:15 UTC and ran 229 minutes; the vehicle flew at the opening.
The first stage, B1069, was making its 32nd flight.
The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
The mission
The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years. For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.
Payload description as recorded by Launch Library 2.
By the numbers
SpaceX has now flown 713 launches in total. Its run of consecutive successful launches stands at 198.
It was the 396th launch from Space Launch Complex 40.
| Liftoff | 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 UTC |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Launch Successful |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Provider | SpaceX |
| Pad | Space Launch Complex 40 |
| Target orbit | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
| First stage | B1069 (flight 32) |
Written by Everything Space from Launch Library 2’s record of this flight — every figure above comes from that record. Fetched Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:00:42 GMT.