NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

AMOS-17

Launch Time
Tue Aug 06, 2019 23:23 UTC

SpaceX performed this launch for free as compensation to Spacecom for the loss of AMOS-6.

After launch, recovery vessel Ms. Tree successfully caught a fairing half in her net.

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

Expendable

B1047

Flight #3
264 day turnaround
Manifest

Mission Details

AMOS-17

AMOS-17 will operate from 17°E and will expand and strengthen Spacecom’s coverage of the growing satellite service markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. AMOS-17 will be designed for an in-orbit life of more than 15 years with a payload power of approximately 8.5 kW.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2019

55th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

83rd mission
10th mission of 2019
77th successful mission
49th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

75th mission
8th mission of 2019
72nd successful mission
46th consecutive successful mission