Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:41:00
Tuesday December 3, 2013
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First SpaceX mission to GTO.
The commsat will be initially co-located at 95° East with NSS-6 in order to provide communications bandwidth growth capacity in the Asia-Pacific region, specifically aimed at high-growth markets in South Asia and Indo-China, "as well as provide expansion capacity for DTH, VSAT, and government applications."
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,200 kilograms


Agency
SpaceXPrice
$56.50 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 68.4m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,150 kg
GTO: 4,850 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,885 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
7th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2013
12th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2013
73rd
Orbital launch attempt