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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Koreasat 6A - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - November 11, 2024

Launch Date: November 11 Launch Time: 12:22 p.m. ET, 1722 UTC, 18:22 CET Launch Window: 4:07 p.m. ET Launch Site: LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center, Florida Targeted Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit G...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Korean satellite from Kennedy Space Center

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the Koreasat-6 television broadcasting satellite. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 12:22 p.m. EST (172...

🔴 FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Launches Koreasat 6A

The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the Koreasat 6 launched in 2010. Koreasat 6A wi...

Koreasat-6A Mission

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Koreasat 6A

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 70%
B1067 - Landing Zone 1

The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the Koreasat 6 launched in 2010. Koreasat 6A will be based on the manufacturer’s Spacebus 4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh about 3.5 metric tons at launch. It will be designed to operate for at least 15 years.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 12, 2024, 6:29 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 11, 2024, 5:57 p.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 11, 2024, 5:22 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Nov. 11, 2024, 5:01 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 11, 2024, 4:23 p.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
  • Stages
    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


B1067

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: June 3, 2021
Last Flight: July 9, 2026
Flights: 36
Landings Attempted: 36
Landings Successful: 36
Previous B1067 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1067 has landed back at the launch site after its 23rd flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.

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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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