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SpaceXFalcon 9 Full ThrustSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A
Launched
June 15, 2016
Summary
Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 15, 2016. It was SpaceX's 31st launch, 6th this year and humanity's 5,567th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight and the 5th this year. Booster B1024 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Of Course I Still Love You failed. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). ABS-2A, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 404 × 62,609 km orbit inclined 24.7°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1024 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landing failed209/217 landed here
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 6th Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight · 5th this yearSpaceX's 31st launch6th this yearhumanity's 5,567th orbital launch attempt38th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ABS-2A · NORAD 41588 · 2016-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2016-038A
- Epoch
- 2016-06-15 07:35:54 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.17768914 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8211395
- Inclination
- 24.678°
- Ascending node
- 312.7608°
- Arg. of perigee
- 171.0094°
- Mean anomaly
- 230.5133°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.088309
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
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- ABS-2A · NORAD 41588 · in orbit
- EUTELSAT 117 WEST B · NORAD 41589 · in orbit
Falcon 9-026 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS 2A will be launched atop a Falcon 9 Full Thrust. Both sattelites will be launched into a geostationary orbit to provide communications services. Eutelsat 117 West B with 48 Ku-band transponders in a inclination at 116.8 degrees west will provide communications to Latin American customers in the video telecommunications and government sectors. Also Wide Are Augmentation System (WAAS) payload will enable the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) improve aviation safety for the United States. ABS 2A with 48 Ku-band transponders in a inclination 78 degree orbit east. it will serve Eastern Europe , Russia, Middle East and India. This will be the 26 launch of the Falcon 9 and will attempt a first stage landing on the drone ship Of Course I still Love You.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
79th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 5th this year · 744th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
18 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A launch?
Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A launched on June 15, 2016. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A?
Coverage: Eutelsat/ABS Mission Technical Webcast; Eutelsat/ABS Mission Hosted Webcast. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A?
Falcon 9 Full Thrust, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Full Thrust spec sheet
Where did Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1024 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Of Course I Still Love You failed.
What orbit did Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A reach?
ABS-2A, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 404 × 62,609 km orbit inclined 24.7°.
How many satellites did Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).