Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telstar 18 VANTAGE
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Telstar 18 VANTAGE, or Telstar 18V, is a communications satellite built by Space Systems Loral for the canadian satellite operator Telesat. The satellite is to provide coverage to the Asia Pacific region.
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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 has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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 48
Consecutive Success 48
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1049
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 7
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
