NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ArabSat 6A

Launch Time
Thu Apr 11, 2019 22:35 UTC

This was the first time that a Falcon Heavy was used for a commercial launch.

The droneship Of Course I Still Love You was positioned approximately 967 kilometers downrange to recover the center core – making it SpaceX's furthest booster recovery attempt to date. While the center core successfully landed on the droneship, it tipped over in rough seas before it could be properly secured.

Rocket

Falcon Heavy
Image Credit: NASA
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $97.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 22,819 kN
Payload to LEO: 63,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 26,700 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Landing Zone 2

B1053

Flight #1
43rd Falcon recovery attempt
36th successful Falcon recovery
4th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery
Landing Zone 1

B1052

Flight #1
44th Falcon recovery attempt
37th successful Falcon recovery
5th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery
Of Course I Still Love You

B1055

Flight #1
45th Falcon recovery attempt
8th failed Falcon recovery
6th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

ArabSat 6A

Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, Arabsat 6A will be positioned in geostationary orbit providing television, internet, telephone and secure communications, to customers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. It will be operated by Arabsat.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

2019

24th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

77th mission
4th mission of 2019
71st successful mission
43rd consecutive successful mission

Falcon Heavy

2nd mission
1st mission of 2019
2nd successful mission