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Falcon 9 ABS-2A / Eutelsat 117W B

One year after pioneering this technique on flight 16, Falcon again launched two Boeing 702SP gridded ion thruster satellites in a dual-stack configuration, with the two customers sharing the rocket and mission costs. First stage landing attempt on drone ship failed on landing due to low thrust on one of the three landing engines.

Launch Information

Launch Date

Wednesday 15th June 2016 at 14:29 UTC

Launch Pad

CCSFS SLC 40

Rocket

Falcon 9

Booster

B1024.1

Launch Success

Yes

Landing Attempt

Yes

Landing Success

No

Landing Site

Of Course I Still Love You

Payloads

Payload
Customer
Manufacturer
Mass (kg)
Mass (lbs)
Orbit
ABS-2A

ABS

Boeing

1800
3950
GTO
Eutelsat 117 West B

Eutelsat

Boeing

1800
3950
GTO

Launch Photos

All of these images are from the SpaceX Flickr page and all of them belong to SpaceX

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