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Galaxy 37

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Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 90%
B1077 - Just Read the Instructions

Galaxy 37 is a geostationary communications satellite manufactured by Maxar and operated by Intelsat.

Telemetry

Launch trajectory and telemetry simulations provided by Flight Club - a rocket launch simulator and orbital trajectory visualiser for all things space!

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 3, 2023, 6:07 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 3, 2023, 5 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Aug. 3, 2023, 4:42 a.m.

Livestream has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 3, 2023, 4:02 a.m.

New T-0 due to weather.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 3, 2023, 3:25 a.m.

New T-0.


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1077

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: October 5, 2022
Last Flight: November 17, 2024
Flights: 16
Landings Attempted: 16
Landings Successful: 16
Previous B1077 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1077 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its sixth flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 433 Failures: 12 Pending: 113

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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