ArabSat 6A
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:35:00
Thursday April 11, 2019
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Launch Notes
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.
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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
6,000 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$97.00 million
Rocket
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 63,800 kg
GTO: 26,700 kg
Liftoff Thrust
22,819 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
Reuse
Landing Zone 2
Of Course I Still Love You
Launch Site
Stats
Falcon Heavy
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2019
SpaceX
77th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2019
2019
24th
Orbital launch attempt