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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS
Start: 2025-01-04T01:27:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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

SpaceX's 450th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,850th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--January 4, 2025 · 01:27 UTCAdd to calendar

Success95% go

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

Weather concerns: Liftoff Winds

Window: Jan 4, 01:27 – Jan 4, 05:27 UTC

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Thuraya 4-NGS

Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based Yahsat. Based on the all-electric Airbus Eurostar-Neo Platform, Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a large 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing providing advanced routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Booster

B1073 · flight 20 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) · zone record 161/162

Watch

SpaceX Thuraya 4-NGS — The Space Devs
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Thuraya 4-NGS - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - January 3, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with Thuraya 4-NGS satellite from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
🚀 The First Launch of 2025: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Thuraya 4-NGS — NASASpaceflight
Thuraya 4 Mission — SpaceX

Flight timeline

T−38MGO for Prop Load
T−35MProp Load
T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
T−7MEngine Chill
T−1MStartup
T−1MTank Press
T−45SGO for Launch
T−3SIgnition
P0DLiftoff
T+1M13SMax-Q
T+2M27SMECO
T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
T+2M38SSES-1
T+3M16SFairing Separation
T+6M24SEntry Burn Startup
T+6M50SEntry Burn Shutdown
T+8M2SSECO-1
T+8M14SStage 1 Landing Burn
T+8M39SStage 1 Landing
T+28M6SSES-2
T+29M2SSECO-2
T+35M28SPayload Separation

Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2025 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/4/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/2/2025 · source
Updating launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/2/2025 · source
NET January 4 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/2/2025 · source
Delayed to NET January 3 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/1/2025 · source
Weather is >95% GO.
hitura-nobad · 12/31/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/28/2024 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

Local pad time: Jan 3, 8:27 PM EST

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

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