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Falcon 9 - B1040

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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

3 days, 17 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-51

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

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Starship

Success

4 days, 10 hours ago

Flight 13

Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink sa…

Kinetica 1

Success

5 days, 9 hours ago

5 satellites

Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Share-ride of 5 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, including SpaceTY's TY-48. Details TBD.

Long March 3B/E

Success

5 days, 20 hours ago

Tianlian 2-06

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Tianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL 2 (Tian Lian 2) satellites represent the second g…

Gravity-1

Success

1 week ago

9 satellites

Yellow Sea (launch location 5) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Carried 9 satellites on a share-ride to sun-synchronous orbit. Details TBD.