NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SES-10

Launch Time
Thu Mar 30, 2017 22:27 UTC

SpaceX achieved a historic milestone with the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.

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

Vehicles

Of Course I Still Love You

B1021

Flight #2
356 day turnaround
14th Falcon recovery attempt
9th successful Falcon recovery
5th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

SES-10

SES-10 is a geostationary communications satellite owned and operated by SES and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar E3000 platform. It is positioned at the 67° West position thanks to an agreement with the Andean Community to use the Simón Bolivar 2 satellite network. It replaces AMC-3 and AMC-4 to provide enhanced coverage and significant capacity expansion.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,300.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

2017

18th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

38th mission
4th mission of 2017
32nd successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

33rd mission
4th mission of 2017
30th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission