NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SES-18 & SES-19

Launch Time
Fri Mar 17, 2023 23:38 UTC

Launched 4 hours and 12 minutes after Starlink Group 2-8 from California, marking SpaceX's shortest period between two launches as of liftoff, and passing the previous record by 3 hours.

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $69.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 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

Just Read the Instructions

B1069

Flight #6
44 day turnaround
196th Falcon recovery attempt
184th successful Falcon recovery
106th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

SES-18 & SES-19

These satellites enable SES to clear 280MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G use while seamlessly migrating SES’s existing C-band customers and ensuring the continued delivery of digital television to nearly 120 million American TV homes and other critical data services. The dry mass of SES-18 is 1139kg, and the dry mass of SES-19 is 1280kg.

Payloads: 2
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2023

42nd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

223rd mission
19th mission of 2023
217th successful mission
189th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

213th mission
18th mission of 2023
210th successful mission
184th consecutive successful mission