LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Thu Mar 30 2017
SpaceX
SES-10
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(10:27 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(10:27 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(12:57 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Falcon 9 Full ThrustDescription:
The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- SES-10 is a 5300 kg geostationary communications satellite, which will replace AMC 2 and AMC 3 satellites. It will provide coverage over Mexico, Central and South Americas, and the Caribbean. The SES-10 mission will mark a historic milestone on the road to full and rapid reusability as the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. Falcon 9’s first stage for the SES-10 mission previously supported the successful CRS-8 mission in April 2016.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39A