Falcon 9 Block 5 | BADR-8
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 249th launch · 36th this year · humanity's 6,448th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 27, 03:25 – May 27, 05:32 UTC
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BADR-8
Geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space and based on the Eurostar Neo platform for Arabsat.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
- B1062 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 17 · zone record 156/157
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/27/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2023 · source
Weather 30% GO
hitura-nobad · 5/26/2023 · source
Weather 40% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/25/2023 · source
Delayed to NET May 27 due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/25/2023 · source
Confirmed rescheduled for May 25 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2023 · source
Scrub due to weather, next launch attempt tomorrow.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2023 · source
Hold.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: May 27, 12:30 AM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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