Hispasat 30W-6

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:33:00

Tuesday March 6, 2018

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Launch Notes

The 50th launch of the Falcon 9.

Hispasat 30W-6

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Hispasat 30W-6 (formerly Hispasat 1F) is a Spanish communications satellite by Hispasat that launched on a Falcon 9 on March 6, 2018. It is replacing Hispasat 1D at 30° West longitude and will provide service for television, broadband, corporate networks and other telecommunications applications. The satellite features 4 × SPT-100 plasma propulsion engines. This mission also carried a small (90 kg) technology demonstration satellite called Payload Orbital Delivery System Satellite (PODSat), which was deployed from its mothership when still in a sub-geostationary transfer orbit.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

2 Payloads

6,092 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Falcon 9 Block 4

Active 2017 to 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$62.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,804 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 7 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


51st

Mission

4th

Mission of 2018

SpaceX


57th

Mission

5th

Mission of 2018

2018


23rd

Orbital launch attempt