Falcon 9 Block 5 | Inmarsat-6 F2
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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SpaceX
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.
Inmarsat-6 F2
Inmarsat-6 is the sixth generation of satellites for the London-based global mobile satellite communications operator Inmarsat. It consists of a dual mission to augment both L-band and Ka-band Global Xpress services. Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Inmarsat to design and develop the first two Inmarsat-6 (I-6) mobile communications satellites, creating the most versatile mobile services satellites in its fleet. The two I-6 satellites are based on Airbus Defence and Space's Eurostar platform in its E3000e variant, which exclusively uses electric propulsion for orbit raising. The satellites take advantage of the reduction in mass that this electric propulsion technology enables for a dual payload mission, with an exceptionally large next generation digitally processed payload. I-6 F1 and F2 both carry a large 9 m aperture L-band antenna and nine multibeam Ka-band antennas, and feature a high level of flexibility and connectivity. A new generation modular digital processor provides full routing flexibility over up to 8000 channels and dynamic power allocation to over 200 spot beams in L-band. Ka-band spot beams are steerable over the full Earth disk, with flexible channel to beam allocation.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 343
Consecutive Success 46
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1077
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 16
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
SwGustav
2023-02-18T10:03:38+0000
Success confirmed
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-18T03:59:37+0000
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-18T03:42:46+0000
Webcast started
Nosu
2023-02-16T19:46:14+0000
Weather 75%
Nosu
2023-02-15T17:20:42+0000
Weather 65%
Nosu
2023-02-14T18:13:06+0000
Weather 60%
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-14T11:34:39+0000
Launch window confirmed.
Nosu
2023-02-10T15:04:28+0000
Delayed to February 18
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-08T17:25:51+0000
Added launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-02T17:38:39+0000
NET February 18
Nosu
2022-11-18T10:25:42+0000
Adding launch in February 2023
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