Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Full Thrust · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 31st launch · 6th this year · humanity's 5,567th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 15, 14:29 – Jun 15, 15:13 UTC
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Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A
Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS 2A will be launched atop a Falcon 9 Full Thrust. Both sattelites will be launched into a geostationary orbit to provide communications services. Eutelsat 117 West B with 48 Ku-band transponders in a inclination at 116.8 degrees west will provide communications to Latin American customers in the video telecommunications and government sectors. Also Wide Are Augmentation System (WAAS) payload will enable the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) improve aviation safety for the United States. ABS 2A with 48 Ku-band transponders in a inclination 78 degree orbit east. it will serve Eastern Europe , Russia, Middle East and India. This will be the 26 launch of the Falcon 9 and will attempt a first stage landing on the drone ship Of Course I still Love You.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
- B1024 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landing failed · zone record 209/217
