Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Amos 6 (Failure before launch)
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Full Thrust · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 34th launch · 9th this year · humanity's 5,584th orbital launch attempt
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Sep 3, 07:00 – Sep 3, 09:00 UTC
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Amos 6 (Failure before launch)
**FAILURE: Rocket and payload lost during anomaly originating around the upper stage oxygen tank during propellant load few minutes before static fire on Sept 1, 1307UTC.** Built to replace the existing AMOS-2 satellite, AMOS-6 will be positioned in a geostationary orbit at 4 degrees west. The 5500kg craft will contain 43 Ku/Ka-band transponders and 2 S-band transponders to provide communications coverage for Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The 2 solar arrays on the craft will provide 9kW of power for the satellite’s 16 year expected lifetime.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
- B1028 · flight 1 · expendable · zone record 209/217
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- SpaceX - Static Fire Anomaly - AMOS-6 - 09-01-2016 — USLaunchReport
