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Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SES-10
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SES-10

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Historical mission record

This page records Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SES-10 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission

SES-10 is a 5300 kg geostationary communications satellite, which will replace AMC 2 and AMC 3 satellites. It will provide coverage over Mexico, Central and South Americas, and the Caribbean. The SES-10 mission will mark a historic milestone on the road to full and rapid reusability as the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. Falcon 9’s first stage for the SES-10 mission previously supported the successful CRS-8 mission in April 2016.

Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Provider
SpaceX
Recovery
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the ASDS, OCISLY, stationed of the east coast. This marked the first time an orbital class booster had been reused! +1

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Launch vehicle

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

Height
71 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
25
First flight
2015-12-22
B1021
Core

B1021

Flight 2ReusedLanding successful
Recovery
Of Course I Still Love You
Landing method
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship

Recorded timing

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2h 30m windowPublished target
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Launch site & orbit

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch site & orbit

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NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans
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