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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsFalcon 9 Full Thrust
Launched 2016-05-27 21:39 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Landed
B1023 Landed
The first stage landed on Of Course I Still Love You, on its 1st flight.
Worldwide
31st
orbital launch attempt in 2016
SpaceX
5th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
21 d 16 h
since the pad's previous launch
Thaicom 8 will be launched into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on a Falcon 9 Full Trust for a 30 days testing phase following a in orbit burn of the satellite propulsion system to put the spacecraft into a geosynchronous orbit (GSO)at 78.5 degrees east longitude. Where Thaicom 8 will provide broadcast and data services for up to 15 years. The Falcon 9 first stage will test a experimental ballistic landing off the coast where it is schedule to land on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS). Even if the landing fails the knowledge learned from the attempt will help for future missions.
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.
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Landings
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Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
71m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
6,804kN
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