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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hotbird 13F

Hotbird 13F

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX's 199th launch · 47th this year · humanity's 6,321st orbital launch attempt

October 15, 2022Add to calendar
Success90% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Oct 15, 03:26Oct 15, 05:22 UTC

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Hotbird 13F

Geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space for Eutelsat.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Booster

  • B1069 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-23 · zone record 156/157

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Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2022 · source

  • Liftoff

    SwGustav · 10/15/2022 · source

  • Coverage is live

    SwGustav · 10/15/2022 · source

  • Slip to end of window

    Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2022 · source

  • 1 hour slip for additional launcher data review

    Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2022 · source

  • Setting GO

    Nosu · 10/13/2022 · source

  • Weather 90%

    Nosu · 10/11/2022 · source

  • Adjusting T-0

    Nosu · 10/11/2022 · source

  • Delayed by a day

    Nosu · 10/10/2022 · source

  • NET October 14 UTC

    Cosmic_Penguin · 10/9/2022 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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