Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SES-9
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Full Thrust · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 27th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 5,542nd orbital launch attempt
March 4, 2016Add to calendar
Success90% go
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 4, 23:35 – Mar 5, 01:06 UTC
Flight preview
SES-9
Containing 81 Ku-Band transponders, SES-9 will be positioned at 108.2 degrees East to provide communication coverage for 22 million homes. The satellite will enhance SES’s existing coverage in Asia, Australia and also improve maritime communications in the Indian Ocean. The 5300kg craft will use a xenon ion propulsion system for orbital manoeuvres to decrease the amount of propellant needed.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
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