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Historical mission record
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
Seventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The Falcon 9 1st stage will attempt to land on ASDS JRTI after its flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
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.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Core
B1090
Flight 1NewLanding successful
- Recovery
- Just Read the Instructions
- Landing method
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
1h 27m windowPublished target
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WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
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Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule, Surface Electric Fields Rule
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:38:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Startup
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- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:11
Max-Q
- T+00:02:30
MECO
- T+00:02:33
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:41
SES-1
- T+00:03:30
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:20
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:46
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:07:58
SECO-1
- T+00:08:10
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:33
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:27:00
SES-2
- T+00:27:32
SECO-2
- T+01:49:35
SES-3
- T+01:50:04
SECO-3
- T+01:53:05
Payload Separation
- T+02:00:15
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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