Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nilesat-301
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.
Nilesat-301
Nilesat 301, to be launched into Nilesat's 7 ° West slot, is built by Thales Alenia Space on the Spacebus-4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh 4100 kilograms at launch. It will provide digital broadband and internet connectivity services for the Egyptian operator Nilesat.
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 B1062
Status destroyed
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 23
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-06-09T04:21:39+0000
Launch success
Nosu
2022-06-08T21:04:25+0000
Liftoff
Nosu
2022-06-08T20:49:11+0000
Webcast live
Nosu
2022-06-08T20:37:23+0000
Weather 80%
Jay
2022-06-07T19:02:31+0000
T-0 confirmed by SpaceX
Nosu
2022-06-07T16:26:18+0000
Weather 60%
Nosu
2022-06-06T17:51:05+0000
Weather 70%
Jay
2022-06-06T07:28:19+0000
Weather 80%
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-06-04T03:17:12+0000
Adjusted T-0, added mission
Nosu
2022-06-02T07:13:26+0000
Delayed by a day to June 8 at 21:03 UTC
Nosu
2022-05-28T14:28:09+0000
Targeting June 7 at approximately 21:03 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-05-26T08:54:25+0000
Added launch window
Nosu
2022-05-17T16:49:22+0000
NET June 10
Nosu
2022-04-20T17:44:28+0000
NET June
Nosu
2022-03-25T21:54:07+0000
NET April 30
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