Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 6A

Status

Success

Türksat 6A

Launch Time
Mon Jul 08, 2024 23:30 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

Just Read the Instructions

B1076

Flight #15

38 day turnaround

344th Falcon recovery attempt

331st successful Falcon recovery

73rd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

254th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Türksat 6A

First communication geostationary satellite built in Turkey. (Some payloads are Canadian)
Türksat 6A is a satellite that will provide data relay for civil and military communications to the Anatolian peninsula as well as most of the European continent, the Middle East, and the westernmost part of the Russian federation.
The satellite is equipped with 16(+4) Ku-band and 2(+1) X-band transponders. (reserve)

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 4,250.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

129th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

369th mission

69th mission of 2024

363rd successful mission

335th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

354th mission

68th mission of 2024

351st successful mission

325th consecutive successful mission