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Historical mission record
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Hotbird 13G is a communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space which will provide television broadcast services over Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa for Eutelsat.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, B1067 has successfully landed on ASDS JRTI after its seventh 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
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
1h 56m windowPublished target
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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site & orbit
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Coverage & sources
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Mission coverage
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