Status
Success
Falcon Heavy | ArabSat 6A
Launch Time
Thu Apr 11, 2019 22:35 UTC
Thu Apr 11, 2019 22:35 UTC
This is the first time that the Falcon Heavy has been 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.
Launch Vehicle
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $90.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 22,819 kN
Payload to LEO: 63,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 26,700 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m
Vehicles
B1052
Flight #1
Landing Zone 1
B1053
Flight #1
Landing Zone 2
B1055
Flight #1
Of Course I Still Love You
Missions
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 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit