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For this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver two commercial communications satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbits (GTO). The two satellites, EUTELSAT 117 West B and ABS-2A, are operate...

Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
B1024 - Of Course I Still Love You

Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS 2A will be launched atop a Falcon 9 Full Thrust. Both sattelites will be launched into a geostationary orbit to provide communications services. Eutelsat 117 West B with 48 Ku-band transponders in a inclination at 116.8 degrees west will provide communications to Latin American customers in the video telecommunications and government sectors. Also Wide Are Augmentation System (WAAS) payload will enable the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) improve aviation safety for the United States. ABS 2A with 48 Ku-band transponders in a inclination 78 degree orbit east. it will serve Eastern Europe , Russia, Middle East and India. This will be the 26 launch of the Falcon 9 and will attempt a first stage landing on the drone ship Of Course I still Love You.

Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Full Thrust

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

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Specifications

Stages
2
Length
71.0 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
546.0 T
Thrust
6804.0 kN

Family

Name
Falcon 9
Family
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Variant
Full Thrust
Alias
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Full Name
Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$50000000
Low Earth Orbit
22800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
8305.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info

B1024

Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: June 15, 2016
Last Flight: June 15, 2016

Flights: 1
Landings Attempted: 1

Landing Information

The first stage failed to land on OCISLY off of the East Coast.

Result: B1024 did not land successfully.

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 633 Failures: 15 Pending: 124

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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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