CSG-3
Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launch time
T-0
Sat 3 Jan, 03:09:16 CET
02:09:16 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
How sure is this date?
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Launch record updated by LL2
Feed checkedMission
CSG-3 on Falcon 9 Block 5. Sat 3 Jan 2026, 02:09:16 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Space Launch Complex 4E. Source: Launch Library 2.
CSG-3 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band.
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Rocket file imagery
File imagery: Crew-9, 28 September 2024. Falcon 9 lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40.
Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber · Public domain (NASA) · SourceMission patches
- CSG-3
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
Launch timeline
Times are relative to liftoff.
- T+1 min 12 s
Max-Q
Maximum dynamic pressure
- T+2 min 15 s
MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
- T+2 min 18 s
Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
- T+2 min 22 s
Stage 1 Flip
Flip maneuver of the first stage
- T+2 min 26 s
SES-1
First start of the second engine
- T+2 min 31 s
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
Start of the booster boostback burn
- T+2 min 37 s
Fairing Separation
Separation of the payload fairing
- T+3 min 11 s
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
End of the booster boostback burn
- T+6 min 37 s
Entry Burn Startup
Start of the atmospheric entry burn
- T+7 min 2 s
Entry Burn Shutdown
End of the atmospheric entry burn
- T+7 min 53 s
Stage 1 Landing Burn
Start of the first stage landing burn
- T+8 min 23 s
Stage 1 Landing
Landing of the first stage
- T+10 min 31 s
SECO-1
First cut-off of the second engine
- T+12 min 52 s
Payload Separation
Final deployment of the payload from the rocket
Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
No changes since we started tracking on .
Source updates from Launch Library 2 (23)
Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.
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Launch success.
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Spacecraft separation.
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Liftoff.
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Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
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Tweaked T-0.
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Go for launch.
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Now targeting Jan 03 at 02:09 UTC
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NET December 31 LT, to be confirmed.
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Scrubbed due to pad GSE problem, new date to be confirmed (NET December 31 UTC per https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt).
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Tweaked T-0.
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Tweaked T-0.
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Rescheduled for December 28 LT.
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Scrubbed for the day.
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Now targeting Dec 28 at 02:09 UTC
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Tweaked T-0.
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Tweaked T-0.
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GO for launch.
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NET December 28.
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Switching launch vehicle and launch services provider per latest information.
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NET 2026.
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NET December 2025
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NET 2025
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Adding CSG-3 on Vega-C NET 2024
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Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA (US)
Coordinates: 34.632, -120.611
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