SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Hotbird 13F
Launched
October 15, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Hotbird 13F launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 15, 2022. It was SpaceX's 199th launch, 47th this year and humanity's 6,321st orbital launch attempt. It was the 125th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 47th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13F, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 383 × 55,957 km orbit inclined 27.1°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 48 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-23 · 663 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 125th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 47th this yearSpaceX's 199th launch47th this yearhumanity's 6,321st orbital launch attempt139th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13F · NORAD 54048 · 2022-134 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-134A
- Epoch
- 2022-10-15 08:09:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.35237604 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.804465
- Inclination
- 27.0715°
- Ascending node
- 300.4676°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.3217°
- Mean anomaly
- 47.1088°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13F · NORAD 54048 · in orbit
Falcon 9-183 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space for Eutelsat.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
156th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 23rd this year · 861st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
6 days 6 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 10/15/2022 · source
Coverage is live
SwGustav · 10/15/2022 · source
Slip to end of window
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2022 · source
1 hour slip for additional launcher data review
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2022 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 10/13/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 10/11/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 10/11/2022 · source
Delayed by a day
Nosu · 10/10/2022 · source
NET October 14 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/9/2022 · source
Questions
When did Hotbird 13F launch?
Hotbird 13F launched on October 15, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Hotbird 13F?
Coverage: Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Hotbird 13F?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Hotbird 13F launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Hotbird 13F reach?
EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13F, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 383 × 55,957 km orbit inclined 27.1°.
How many satellites did Hotbird 13F launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).