SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Telstar 18 VANTAGE
Launched
September 10, 2018
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Telstar 18 VANTAGE launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 10, 2018. It was SpaceX's 68th launch, 16th this year and humanity's 5,775th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight. Booster B1049 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Telstar 18 Vantage, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 266 × 18,105 km orbit inclined 26.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Telstar 18 VANTAGESpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1049 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 655 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 5th Falcon 9 Block 5 flightSpaceX's 68th launch16th this yearhumanity's 5,775th orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Telstar 18 Vantage · NORAD 43611 · 2018-069 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT C
- Object ID
- 2018-068C
- Epoch
- 2018-09-10 06:38:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 4.47428773 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.5733555
- Inclination
- 26.9315°
- Ascending node
- 254.3085°
- Arg. of perigee
- 173.4752°
- Mean anomaly
- 97.6891°
- 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
- Telstar 18 Vantage · NORAD 43611 · in orbit
Falcon 9-062 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Telstar 18 VANTAGE, or Telstar 18V, is a communications satellite built by Space Systems Loral for the canadian satellite operator Telesat. The satellite is to provide coverage to the Asia Pacific region.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
93rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 10th this year · 775th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
33 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Telstar 18 VANTAGE launch?
Telstar 18 VANTAGE launched on September 10, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Telstar 18 VANTAGE?
Coverage: Telstar 18 VANTAGE. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Telstar 18 VANTAGE?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Telstar 18 VANTAGE launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1049 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Telstar 18 VANTAGE reach?
Telstar 18 Vantage, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 266 × 18,105 km orbit inclined 26.9°.
How many satellites did Telstar 18 VANTAGE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).