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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SES-18 & SES-19
Launched
March 17, 2023 · 23:38 UTC
Summary
SES-18 & SES-19 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 17, 2023 at 23:38 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:38 to 00:16 UTC. It was SpaceX's 232nd launch, 19th this year and humanity's 6,410th orbital launch attempt. It was the 156th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 18th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 6th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). SES 18, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 315 × 19,734 km orbit inclined 26.9°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 43 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 5-3 · 672 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 156th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 18th this yearSpaceX's 232nd launch19th this yearhumanity's 6,410th orbital launch attempt42nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
SES 18 · NORAD 55970 · 2023-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-038A
- Epoch
- 2023-03-18 19:09:07 UTC
- Mean motion
- 4.13530574 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.5921932
- Inclination
- 26.8955°
- Ascending node
- 0.2168°
- Arg. of perigee
- 176.4172°
- Mean anomaly
- 103.299°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- SES 18 · NORAD 55970 · in orbit
- SES 19 · NORAD 55971 · in orbit
Falcon 9-212 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SES-18 & SES-19 are two communications satellites built by Northrop Grumman.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
173rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 10th this year · 878th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 17, 7:38 PM EDT, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
8 days 4 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 3/17/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/17/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/16/2023 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 3/16/2023 · source
Tweak in launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2023 · source
Reverting T-0 to 23:34 UTC
Nosu · 3/14/2023 · source
Setting T-0 to window opening, pending official information.
Nosu · 3/14/2023 · source
Updating launch window. Weather 70%
Nosu · 3/14/2023 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/13/2023 · source
Questions
When did SES-18 & SES-19 launch?
SES-18 & SES-19 launched on March 17, 2023 at 23:38 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:38 to 00:16 UTC.
Where can I watch SES-18 & SES-19?
Coverage: SES-18 and SES-19 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched SES-18 & SES-19?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did SES-18 & SES-19 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 17, 7:38 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 6th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did SES-18 & SES-19 reach?
SES 18, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 315 × 19,734 km orbit inclined 26.9°.
How many satellites did SES-18 & SES-19 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).