Status
Success
Hotbird 13G
Launch Time
Thu Nov 03, 2022 05:22 UTC
Thu Nov 03, 2022 05:22 UTC
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Rocket
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $67.0 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
B1067
Flight #7
Just Read the Instructions
45 day turnaround
163rd Falcon recovery attempt
151st successful Falcon recovery attempt
78th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
Mission Details
Hotbird 13G
Hotbird 13F and 13G are two high power direct to home communications satellites to replace Hotbird 8, 9 and 10 at Eutelsat's 13° East position.
Hotbird 13F and 13G were ordered in August 2018 from Airbus Defence and Space, based on the new Eurostar-Neo bus with a launch mass of 4.5 tons and an electric power of 22 kW. They have all electric propulsion, allowing an increase in payload. The two new satellites provide the same amount of Ku-band capacity as the current trio of Hotbird satellites, with increased resistance to signal jamming.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,500 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2022
151st orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
194th mission
51st mission of 2022
188th successful mission
160th consecutive successful mission
Falcon 9
185th mission
50th mission of 2022
182nd successful mission
156th consecutive successful mission