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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Türksat 6A - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - July 8, 2024

Launch Date: July 8 Launch Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, 23:30 UTC, (01:30 CEST - July 9)Launch Window: 4 hoursLaunch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Statio...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with Turkish satellite

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with Turksat 6A, Turkey's first domestically-produced communications satellite. Liftoff from Space L...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Türksat 6A

Türksat 6A is a satellite that will provide data relay for civil and military communications to the Anatolian peninsula as well as most of the European conti...

Turksat 6A

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Türksat 6A

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Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 30%
B1076 - Just Read the Instructions

Türksat 6A is Turkey's first domestically manufactured geostationary communications satellite. It is to reside in 42° East orbital slot, providing services to customers in Turkey, as well as in Europe, Northern coast of Africa, Middle East, India and Indonesia.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • July 9, 2024, 1:09 a.m.

Satellite signals acquisition confirmed.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 9, 2024, 12:08 a.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 8, 2024, 11:30 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • July 8, 2024, 11:13 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • July 8, 2024, 10:19 p.m.

New T-0 due to weather.


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1076

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 26, 2022
Last Flight: October 24, 2025
Flights: 22
Landings Attempted: 21
Landings Successful: 21
Previous B1076 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1076 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 15th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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