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Launched 2018-11-15 20:46 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Landed
B1047 Landed
The first stage landed on Of Course I Still Love You, on its 2nd flight.
Worldwide
92nd
orbital launch attempt in 2018
SpaceX
18th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
188 d
since the pad's previous launch
Es'hail 2 is a communications satellite operated by a Quatar based company. The satellite will operate at 26 degrees East longitude along a geostationary orbit to provide direct-to-home television services in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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 operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Launches
742
Successful
727
98%
Landings
687
of 715
Upcoming
136
scheduled
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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