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SpaceXFalcon 9 v1.1Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TürkmenÄlem 52E/MonacoSAT
Launched
April 27, 2015
Summary
TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 27, 2015. It was SpaceX's 23rd launch, 5th this year and humanity's 5,466th orbital launch attempt. It was the 13th Falcon 9 v1.1 flight and the 5th this year. Booster B1016 flew for the 1st time and was expended. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 219 × 35,411 km orbit inclined 25.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- SpaceX Thales MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 v1.1 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1016 · flight 1 · expendable38/42 landed here
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 13th Falcon 9 v1.1 flight · 5th this yearSpaceX's 23rd launch5th this yearhumanity's 5,466th orbital launch attempt24th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT · NORAD 40617 · 2015-023 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2015-023A
- Epoch
- 2015-04-27 18:26:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.30812637 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7275387
- Inclination
- 25.4792°
- Ascending node
- 31.8949°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.9106°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.1268°
- 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.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT · NORAD 40617 · in orbit
Falcon 9-017 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A geostationary satellite built by Thales Alenia Space stationed at 52 degrees East providing coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
72nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 5th this year · 727th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
13 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT launch?
TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT launched on April 27, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT?
Coverage: SpaceX Thales Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT?
Falcon 9 v1.1, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 v1.1 spec sheet
Where did TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1016 flew for the 1st time and was expended.
What orbit did TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT reach?
TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 219 × 35,411 km orbit inclined 25.5°.
How many satellites did TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSAT launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).