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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Eutelsat 36D
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
SpaceX's 342nd launch · 31st this year · humanity's 6,649th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Window: Mar 30, 21:52 – Mar 31, 01:50 UTC
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Eutelsat 36D
Eutelsat 36D is a planned new generation multi-mission geostationary telecommunications satellite for Eutelsat, replacing and enhance capacity at 36° East, a key orbital slot for Eutelsat for TV broadcasting (DTH) and government services over Africa, Russia, and Europe. It is based on the Airbus Eurostar-Neo platform, with electric power generation capability of 18 kW, EOR (Electric Orbit Raising) capability, and a launch mass of 5 tons. With 70 Ku-band transponders over five downlink beams and a steerable antenna, Eutelsat 36D provides flexibility and performance optimisation to deliver service in Africa, Russia and Europe for an operational lifetime of more than 15 years.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
- B1076 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-40 · zone record 156/157
Watch
- SpaceX Eutelsat 36D — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX launches European television satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Eutelsat 36D — NASASpaceflight
- EUTELSAT 36D Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M14SMax-Q
- T+2M30SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M42SSES-1
- T+3M26SFairing Separation
- T+6M18SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M43SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M7SSECO-1
- T+8M12SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M36SStage 1 Landing
- T+26M45SSES-2
- T+27M46SSECO-2
- T+33M57SEUTELSAT 36D Deployment
Updates
Launch success and satellite now in operation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/31/2024 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 3/30/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/30/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 3/30/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2024 · source
Weather >95% GO
hitura-nobad · 3/29/2024 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/26/2024 · source
Updated launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/25/2024 · source
Updating pad and approximate window
Nosu · 3/24/2024 · source
Updating pad and approximate window
Nosu · 3/24/2024 · source
Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Mar 30, 5:52 PM EDT
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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