Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
Hispasat 30W-6
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.
Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 6,092.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2018
23rd orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
57th mission
5th mission of 2018
51st successful mission
23rd consecutive successful mission
Falcon 9
51st mission
4th mission of 2018
48th successful mission
22nd consecutive successful mission