Mission record
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:02:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6736 ever
Mission
ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.