Falcon 9 Block 3 (v1.2/FT) | ABS-2A & Eutelsat 117 West B

Status

Success

ABS-2A & Eutelsat 117 West B

Launch Time
Wed Jun 15, 2016 14:29 UTC

Fastest droneship turnaround to date, at 18 days and 17 hours.

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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

B1024

Flight #1

9th Falcon recovery attempt

5th failed Falcon recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

ABS-2A

Second all-electric propulsion satellite launched in 2016. The satellite was funded by a US Ex-Im bank loan to expand high-tech US jobs; the loan also funded the ABS-3A.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 2,000.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Eutelsat 117 West B

Satelites Mexicanos S.A.B. de C.V. (Satmex) announced in July 2013, that it has contracted with the construction of Satmex 9 to Boeing Satellite Systems as part of a four satellite ABS/SATMEX deal. SATMEX was acquired be Eutelsat in 2014 and was rebranded Eutelsat Americas. In May 2014, it was renamed Eutelsat 117 West B.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 1,963.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2016

38th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

31st mission

6th mission of 2016

26th successful mission

7th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

26th mission

6th mission of 2016

24th successful mission

7th consecutive successful mission