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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 6A

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 6A
Start: 2024-07-08T23:30:00.000Z
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 382nd launch · 71st this year · humanity's 6,719th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--July 8, 2024 · 23:30 UTCAdd to calendar

Success30% go

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

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules, Surface Electric Fields Rule

Window: Jul 8, 21:21 – Jul 9, 01:21 UTC

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Türksat 6A

Türksat 6A is Turkey's first domestically manufactured geostationary communications satellite. It is to reside in 42° East orbital slot, providing services to customers in Turkey, as well as in Europe, Northern coast of Africa, Middle East, India and Indonesia.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Booster

B1076 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-64 · zone record 156/157

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SpaceX Türksat 6A — The Space Devs
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Türksat 6A - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - July 8, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with Turkish satellite — Spaceflight Now
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Türksat 6A — NASASpaceflight
Turksat 6A — 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−1MTank Press
T−1MStartup
T−45SGO for Launch
T−3SIgnition
P0DLiftoff
T+1M14SMax-Q
T+2M32SMECO
T+2M35SStage 2 Separation
T+2M43SSES-1
T+3M15SFairing Separation
T+6M16SEntry Burn Startup
T+6M40SEntry Burn Shutdown
T+8M7SSECO-1
T+8M10SStage 1 Landing Burn
T+8M36SStage 1 Landing
T+27M17SSES-2
T+28M20SSECO-2
T+35M31SPayload Separation

Updates

Satellite signals acquisition confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/9/2024 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/9/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 7/8/2024 · source
New T-0 due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2024 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 7/8/2024 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 7/8/2024 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 7/8/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2024 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

Local pad time: Jul 8, 7:30 PM EDT

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

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