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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nilesat-301

Nilesat-301

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

SpaceX's 175th launch · 23rd this year · humanity's 6,245th orbital launch attempt

June 8, 2022Add to calendar
Success80% go

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

Window: Jun 8, 21:04Jun 8, 23:33 UTC

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Nilesat-301

Nilesat 301, to be launched into Nilesat's 7 ° West slot, is built by Thales Alenia Space on the Spacebus-4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh 4100 kilograms at launch. It will provide digital broadband and internet connectivity services for the Egyptian operator Nilesat.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

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  • B1062 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-16 · zone record 156/157

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Updates

  • Launch success

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/9/2022 · source

  • Liftoff

    Nosu · 6/8/2022 · source

  • Webcast live

    Nosu · 6/8/2022 · source

  • Weather 80%

    Nosu · 6/8/2022 · source

  • T-0 confirmed by SpaceX

    Jay · 6/7/2022 · source

  • Weather 60%

    Nosu · 6/7/2022 · source

  • Weather 70%

    Nosu · 6/6/2022 · source

  • Weather 80%

    Jay · 6/6/2022 · source

  • Adjusted T-0, added mission

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2022 · source

  • Delayed by a day to June 8 at 21:03 UTC

    Nosu · 6/2/2022 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

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

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