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Falcon Heavy ArabSat 6A

SpaceX will launch Arabsat 6A to a geostationary transfer orbit from SLC-39A, KSC. The satellite is a geostationary telecommunications satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the Saudi Arabian company Arabsat. This will be the first operational flight of Falcon Heavy, and also the first Block 5 Falcon Heavy. All three cores will be new Block 5 cores. The side cores are expected to land at LZ-1 and LZ-2, and the center core is expected to land on OCISLY.

Launch Information

Launch Date

Thursday 11th April 2019 at 22:35 UTC

Launch Pad

KSC LC 39A

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Launch Success

Yes

Landing Attempt

B1055.1: Yes

B1052.1: Yes

B1053.1: Yes

Landing Success

B1055.1: Yes

B1052.1: Yes

B1053.1: Yes

Landing Sites

B1055.1: Of Course I Still Love You

B1052.1: Landing Zone 1

B1053.1: Landing Zone 2

Payloads

Payload
Customer
Manufacturer
Mass (kg)
Mass (lbs)
Orbit
ArabSat 6A

Arabsat

Lockheed Martin

6000
13227.74
GTO

Launch Photos

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

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Launch Livestream