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Falcon 9 - B1040

Details

Status - Expended

Stage Expended

Previous Flights

B1040 flew on two previous launch(es).

Falcon 9 Block 4 | SES-12

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 4, 2018, 4:45 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

SES-12 is a geostationary communications satellite. It is to provide direct-to-home broadcasting, high throughput satellite data connectivity and other telecommunication servies to Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. It is a replacement for the NSS-6 satellite and is expected to operate for 15 years.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1040 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean

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Falcon 9 Block 4 | OTV-5 (X-37B)

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 7, 2017, 2 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

It is the fifth flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle, built by Boeing, is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing.

Low Earth Orbit B1040 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1

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Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

6 days, 20 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-88

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

CSG-3

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

CSG-3 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operatin…

Long March 7A

Success

1 week, 4 days ago

Shijian 29 A-B

201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

2 satellites officially described as for "demonstration of new technologies for spatial targets detection" purposes.

Long March 4B

Success

1 week, 4 days ago

Tianhui 7

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A satellite officially described as for cartography purposes, details TBD.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M

Success

1 week, 6 days ago

AIST-2T 01 & 02

Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

A pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, …