NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Optus-X

Launch Time
Sun Nov 17, 2024 22:28 UTC

SpaceX identifies the mission as "TD7".

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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

B1077

Flight #16
73 day turnaround
386th Falcon recovery attempt
372nd successful Falcon recovery
28th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

Optus-X

AKA ADS-01

Optus-X, also referred to as ADS-01, is an unannounced geostationary communication satellite built by Northrop Grumman for the Australian telecommunications operator Optus and the Australian Defence Force.

Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman
Operator: Optus
Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

2024

215th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

418th mission
116th mission of 2024
409th successful mission
44th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

397th mission
111th mission of 2024
393rd successful mission
42nd consecutive successful mission