Mission record

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Koreasat 6A

Falcon 9· Launch Complex 39A· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:22:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6799 ever
Go probability
70%
Weather
Cumulus Cloud Rule

Mission

The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the Koreasat 6 launched in 2010. Koreasat 6A will be based on the manufacturer’s Spacebus 4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh about 3.5 metric tons at launch. It will be designed to operate for at least 15 years.

Deployed payloads · 1
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