Falcon 9 Block 2 (v1.1)

Status

Success

AsiaSat 8

Launch Time
Tue Aug 05, 2014 08:00 UTC

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 2 (v1.1)

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Retired

Price: $56.5 million

Liftoff Thrust: 5,885 kN

Payload to LEO: 13,150 kg

Payload to GTO: 4,850 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 68.4 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Mission Details

AsiaSat 8

AsiaSat 8 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300LL satellite bus. The satellite carries 24 Ku band transponders and a Ka band payload, and was planned to be initially positioned above the equator, at a longitude of 105.5 degrees East, providing coverage of southern and south-eastern Asia, China and the Middle East.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 4,535.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2014

47th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

16th mission

4th mission of 2014

12th successful mission

7th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

11th mission

4th mission of 2014

10th successful mission

7th consecutive successful mission