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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
Geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies for EchoStar. With a capacity of 500 Gbps, its purpose is to relieve broadband capacity constraints in the Americas.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon Heavy
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, The sidebooster has landed back at the launch site after its 3rd flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon Heavy
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 12.2 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 11
- First flight
- 2018-02-06
Core
B1074
Flight 1New
- Recovery
- Atlantic Ocean
- Landing method
- Expended
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
1h 39m windowPublished target
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WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
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Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules
Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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