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Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1

Visibility uncertain
Success
Past NET
Past NET
Liftoff
06:15 PM
ADT · Jul 21, 2026
Bearing
259°
West

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.

Target orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

How to watch from Bermuda

Visibility from Bermuda is uncertain — we lack a confident trajectory match for this mission.

Face west (258.7758149987145°) and sweep along the trajectory. Start scanning the sky about six minutes after liftoff.

Sweep order (approximate)

  1. 01west
  2. 02overhead
  3. 03east

You are standing at the amber dot in the middle. The solid cyan arrow is where to aim your eyes — roughly where the rocket will appear highest in the sky. The dotted cyan arc traces the rocket's motion across the sky, with the arrow showing which way it travels.

Lighting note

Daylight viewing is challenging — the plume gets washed out. Look for a bright moving dot against the sky, and use binoculars if you have them.

Bermuda weather

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Falcon 9 mission profile

Typical stage events

Illustrative timings from published Falcon 9 press kits. Actual events vary by mission profile, payload, and recovery method. Telemetry-accurate per-mission events coming in v1.x.

Bermuda viewing window

Appears above horizon

06:22 PM ADT

T+7:15

Fades (engine cutoff)

06:23 PM ADT

T+8:39

Visible for

~1 min 24 sec

The rocket rises low in the SW, arcs across the sky toward W, and fades in the WNW when engines cut out. Under clear skies and with minimal light pollution, the rocket plume is typically visible as a slow-moving bright star between these times.

Times assume on-time liftoff. Add ~30–90 sec uncertainty for typical per-mission timing variance; launch delays move the whole window.

  1. T+0Liftoff
  2. T+1:12Max-Q (peak aerodynamic pressure)
  3. T+2:25Main engine cutoff (MECO)
  4. T+2:28Stage separation
  5. T+2:36Second-stage ignition
  6. T+3:15Fairing jettison
  7. T+8:39Second engine cutoff (SECO)

Launch details

Vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, USA
Pad coordinates
28.56194122, -80.57735736
Mission type
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch window
06:15 PM → 10:04 PM
Lighting at NET
Daylight

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