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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

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

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

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