Es'hail 2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

20:46:00

Thursday November 15, 2018

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Es'hail 2 was built by Japan's Mitsubishi Electric company and operates at 26 degrees East longitude to provide direct-to-home television services in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

5,300 kilograms

Rocket

Active

Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Reuse

Of Course I Still Love You

B1047

Flight #2

117 day turnaround

Falcon recoveries

42nd recovery attempt

36th successful recovery

11th consecutive successful landing and recovery

Launch Site

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours

Stats

Falcon 9

64th

Mission

17th

Mission of 2018

SpaceX

70th

Mission

18th

Mission of 2018

2018

92nd

Orbital launch attempt