Falcon 9 Block 5 | Koreasat 6A
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, 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.
Koreasat 6A
The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the Koreasat 6 launched in 2010. Koreasat 6A will be based on the manufacturer’s Spacebus 4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh about 3.5 metric tons at launch. It will be designed to operate for at least 15 years.
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 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1067
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 23
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-12T06:29:00+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-11T17:57:00+0000
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-11T17:22:00+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-11-11T17:01:00+0000
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-11T16:23:00+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-10T13:29:00+0000
Weather 70% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-05T23:49:00+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-04T23:43:00+0000
Targeting NET November 11.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-15T01:24:00+0000
NET early November.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-12T00:37:00+0000
NET October 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-27T14:41:52+0000
Moved forward to late 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-31T11:49:12+0000
Added launch for NET 2025.
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