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SpaceX succeeded in launching a communications satellite from an Indonesian company following three days of mission scrubs. Possible technical issues got in the way of a launch attempt Wednesday evening after back-to-back days of weather delays on Monday and Tuesday.
Less than 30 minutes after liftoff, the Nusantara Lima (N5) satellite was deployed into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. It’s the latest satellite from Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN).
SpaceX was able to launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 9:56 p.m. EDT (0156 UTC), the end of the launch window. The rocket flew due east upon departure from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceX launched the N5 satellite using its Falcon 9 rocket with a veteran first stage booster: B1078. This was the booster’s 23rd flight, following a variety of missions, including NASA’s Crew-6, USSF-124 and ASTSpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 satellites.
After boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere, B1078 landed on the drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, in the Atlantic Ocean. This successful landing represented the 124th recovery for that vessel and 503rd booster landing to date for SpaceX.
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SpaceX succeeded in launching a communications satellite from an Indonesian company following three days of mission scrubs. Possible technical issues got in the way of a launch attempt Wednesday evening after back-to-back days of weather delays on Monday and Tuesday.
Less than 30 minutes after liftoff, the Nusantara Lima (N5) satellite was deployed into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. It’s the latest satellite from Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN).
SpaceX was able to launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 9:56 p.m. EDT (0156 UTC), the end of the launch window. The rocket flew due east upon departure from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceX launched the N5 satellite using its Falcon 9 rocket with a veteran first stage booster: B1078. This was the booster’s 23rd flight, following a variety of missions, including NASA’s Crew-6, USSF-124 and ASTSpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 satellites.
After boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere, B1078 landed on the drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, in the Atlantic Ocean. This successful landing represented the 124th recovery for that vessel and 503rd booster landing to date for SpaceX.
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