Falcon 9 Block 3 (v1.2/FT)

Status

Success

SES-9

Launch Time
Fri Mar 04, 2016 23:35 UTC

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 3 (v1.2/FT)

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Retired

Price: $62.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 6,804 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Of Course I Still Love You

B1020

Flight #1

5th Falcon recovery attempt

4th failed Falcon recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

SES-9

SES-9 is a large communications satellite operating in geostationary orbit at the 108.2° East orbital slot, providing communications services to northeast Asia, South Asia and Indonesia, maritime communications for vessels in the Indian Ocean, and mobility beams for "seamless in-flight connectivity" for domestic Asian airlines of Indonesia and the Philippines.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 5,217.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2016

13th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

27th mission

2nd mission of 2016

22nd successful mission

3rd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

22nd mission

2nd mission of 2016

20th successful mission

3rd consecutive successful mission