NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1

Launch Time
Tue Dec 17, 2019 00:10 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $67.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Of Course I Still Love You

B1056

Flight #3
144 day turnaround
55th Falcon recovery attempt
46th successful Falcon recovery
4th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1

The satellite, owned and operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Kacific Broadband Satellites, has two distinct payloads. The JCSAT-18 payload will improve mobile and broadband services for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation customers in Asia Pacific including Far East Russia. The Kacific-1 payload for Kacific Broadband Satellites will provide high-speed Ka-band satellite broadband internet to more than 20 countries in South East Asia and the Pacific.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,956.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2019

96th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

86th mission
13th mission of 2019
80th successful mission
52nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

78th mission
11th mission of 2019
75th successful mission
49th consecutive successful mission