Falcon 9 Block 3 (v1.2/FT) | GovSat-1 / SES-16

Status

Success

GovSat-1 / SES-16

Launch Time
Wed Jan 31, 2018 21:25 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

Splashdown

B1032

Flight #2

275 day turnaround

28th Falcon recovery attempt

23rd successful Falcon recovery

19th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

GovSat-1 / SES-16

Designed exclusively to address governmental and institutional security user needs, GovSat-1 is the first satellite of GovSat, a public-private partnership between the Government of Luxembourg and the satellite operator SES.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 4,230.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2018

13th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

54th mission

2nd mission of 2018

48th successful mission

20th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

49th mission

2nd mission of 2018

46th successful mission

20th consecutive successful mission