Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telstar 18V / APStar 5C

Status

Success

Telstar 18V / APStar 5C

Launch Time
Mon Sep 10, 2018 04:45 UTC

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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

Details

Vehicles

Of Course I Still Love You

B1049

Flight #1

35th Falcon recovery attempt

29th successful Falcon recovery

6th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Telstar 18V / APStar 5C

Telstar 18V (Telstar 18 Vantage / APStar 5C) is a communication satellite in the Telstar series of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat. T18V will be equipped with C and Ku-band transponders and operate from 138° East.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 7,060.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2018

69th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

68th mission

16th mission of 2018

62nd successful mission

34th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

62nd mission

15th mission of 2018

59th successful mission

33rd consecutive successful mission