AMOS-17
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:23:00
Tuesday August 6, 2019
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Launch Notes
SpaceX performed this launch for free as compensation to Spacecom for the loss of AMOS-6. After launch, recovery vessel Ms. Tree successfully caught a fairing half in her net.
AMOS-17
AMOS-17 will operate from 17°E and will expand and strengthen Spacecom’s coverage of the growing satellite service markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. AMOS-17 will be designed for an in-orbit life of more than 15 years with a payload power of approximately 8.5 kW.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
6,500 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
Launch Site
Stats
Falcon 9
75th
Mission
8th
Mission of 2019
SpaceX
83rd
Mission
10th
Mission of 2019
2019
55th
Orbital launch attempt