Status
Success
ArabSat 6A
Launch Time
Thu Apr 11, 2019 22:35 UTC
Thu Apr 11, 2019 22:35 UTC
This was the first time that a Falcon Heavy was used for a commercial launch.
The droneship Of Course I Still Love You was positioned approximately 967 kilometers downrange to recover the center core – making it SpaceX's furthest booster recovery attempt to date. While the center core successfully landed on the droneship, it tipped over in rough seas before it could be properly secured.
Rocket
Vehicles
Landing Zone 2
B1053
Flight #1
43rd Falcon recovery attempt
36th successful Falcon recovery
4th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery
Landing Zone 1
B1052
Flight #1
44th Falcon recovery attempt
37th successful Falcon recovery
5th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery
Mission Details
ArabSat 6A
Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, Arabsat 6A will be positioned in geostationary orbit providing television, internet, telephone and secure communications, to customers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. It will be operated by Arabsat.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
2019
24th orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
77th mission
4th mission of 2019
71st successful mission
43rd consecutive successful mission
Falcon Heavy
2nd mission
1st mission of 2019
2nd successful mission