Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SES-10
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
March 30, 2017, 10:27 p.m. - March 31, 2017, 12:57 a.m.
March 30, 2017, 10:27 p.m. - March 31, 2017, 12:57 a.m.
SES-10 is a 5300 kg geostationary communications satellite, which will replace AMC 2 and AMC 3 satellites. It will provide coverage over Mexico, Central and South Americas, and the Caribbean. The SES-10 mission will mark a historic milestone on the road to full and rapid reusability as the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. Falcon 9’s first stage for the SES-10 mission previously supported the successful CRS-8 mission in April 2016.
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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The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the ASDS, OCISLY, stationed of the east coast. This marked the first time an orbital class booster had been reused!
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.
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