Falcon 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS

Status

Success

Thuraya 4-NGS

Launch Time
Sat Jan 04, 2025 01:27 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

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1073

Flight #20

46 day turnaround

408th Falcon recovery attempt

394th successful Falcon recovery

50th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Thuraya 4-NGS

Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based Yahsat. Based on the all-electric Airbus Eurostar-Neo Platform, Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a large 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing providing advanced routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 5,000.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2025

1st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

435th mission

1st mission of 2025

428th successful mission

65th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

419th mission

1st mission of 2025

415th successful mission

64th consecutive successful mission