SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Eutelsat 10B
Launched
November 23, 2022

Image: SpaceX
Summary
Eutelsat 10B launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 23, 2022. It was SpaceX's 205th launch, 53rd this year and humanity's 6,344th orbital launch attempt. It was the 130th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 52nd this year. Booster B1049 flew for the 11th time and was expended. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). EUTELSAT 10B, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 268 × 59,838 km orbit inclined 22.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Eutelsat 10B MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1049 · flight 11 · expendable38/42 landed here · 434 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 2-1
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 130th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 52nd this yearSpaceX's 205th launch53rd this yearhumanity's 6,344th orbital launch attempt162nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
EUTELSAT 10B · NORAD 54259 · 2022-157 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-157A
- Epoch
- 2022-11-23 05:18:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.24887392 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8177182
- Inclination
- 22.7755°
- Ascending node
- 298.1274°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.2357°
- Mean anomaly
- 35.4988°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- EUTELSAT 10B · NORAD 54259 · in orbit
Falcon 9-188 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Eutelsat 10B is an all-electric geostationary communications satellite equipped with two multi-beam HTS Ku-band payloads able to provide a throughput of approximately 35 Gbps.
Pad

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
160th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 27th this year · 865th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/23/2022 · source
Webcast live
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/23/2022 · source
Weather 10%
Nosu · 11/22/2022 · source
Delayed by 24 hours, weather 20%
SwGustav · 11/22/2022 · source
Updated launch time
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/20/2022 · source
Updating window end
Nosu · 11/19/2022 · source
Updating T-0 and setting GO
Nosu · 11/19/2022 · source
Delayed by a day
Nosu · 11/19/2022 · source
Weather 30%
Nosu · 11/17/2022 · source
Questions
When did Eutelsat 10B launch?
Eutelsat 10B launched on November 23, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Eutelsat 10B?
Coverage: Eutelsat 10B Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Eutelsat 10B?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Eutelsat 10B launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1049 flew for the 11th time and was expended.
What orbit did Eutelsat 10B reach?
EUTELSAT 10B, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 268 × 59,838 km orbit inclined 22.8°.
How many satellites did Eutelsat 10B launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
