SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Hotbird 13G
Launched
November 3, 2022 · 05:22 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Hotbird 13G launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 3, 2022 at 05:22 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:26 to 05:22 UTC. It was SpaceX's 203rd launch, 51st this year and humanity's 6,333rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 128th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 50th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13G, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 417 × 57,510 km orbit inclined 27.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 45 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-34 · 674 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 128th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 50th this yearSpaceX's 203rd launch51st this yearhumanity's 6,333rd orbital launch attempt151st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13G · NORAD 54225 · 2022-146 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-146A
- Epoch
- 2022-11-03 07:57:06 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.307068 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8078887
- Inclination
- 27.6628°
- Ascending node
- 319.6115°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.1648°
- Mean anomaly
- 41.5442°
- 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 13G · NORAD 54225 · in orbit
Falcon 9-185 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Hotbird 13G is a communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space which will provide television broadcast services over Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa for Eutelsat.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
158th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 25th this year · 863rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 3, 1:22 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
13 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 11/3/2022 · source
Coverage live
SwGustav · 11/3/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Jay · 11/3/2022 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 11/1/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 11/1/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 10/31/2022 · source
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/26/2022 · source
NET November 3rd
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/24/2022 · source
TBD November
Nosu · 10/17/2022 · source
Questions
When did Hotbird 13G launch?
Hotbird 13G launched on November 3, 2022 at 05:22 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:26 to 05:22 UTC.
Where can I watch Hotbird 13G?
Coverage: Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Hotbird 13G?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Hotbird 13G launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 3, 1:22 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Hotbird 13G reach?
EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13G, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 417 × 57,510 km orbit inclined 27.7°.
How many satellites did Hotbird 13G launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).