Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5B

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5B
Start: 2021-12-19T03:58:39.000Z
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 151st launch · 34th this year · humanity's 6,172nd orbital launch attempt

December 19, 2021Add to calendar

Success80% go

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

Window: Dec 19, 03:58 – Dec 19, 05:28 UTC

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Türksat 5B

Türksat 5B is a geostationary communications satellite. It is tasked with providing broadband telecommunication services to customers across Turkey, the Middle East and large regions of Africa.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Booster

B1067 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-3 · zone record 161/162

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Falcon 9 Türksat 5B — The Space Devs
Turksat 5B Mission — SpaceX

Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2021 · source
T-0 confirmed by Türksat
Nosu · 12/18/2021 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 12/15/2021 · source
Targeting 03:58 UTC on December 19
Nosu · 11/17/2021 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

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

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