Falcon 9 Block 5 | COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager)

COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager)

Wide-field gamma-ray telescope designed to study energetic phenomena in the Milky Way and beyond, including the creation and destruction of matter and antimatter and the final stages of the lives of stars. The mission is a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, the University of California, San Diego, the Naval Research Laboratory, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and Northrop Grumman.

Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Length

70 m

Diameter

3.65 m

Launch Mass

549 t

LEO Capacity

22,800 kg

GTO Capacity

8,300 kg

Maiden Flight

2018