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SES-18 & SES-19
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SpaceX

SES-18 & SES-19

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5
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Friday March 17 2023, 23:38:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
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Mission

SES-18 & SES-19 are two communications satellites built by Northrop Grumman.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
WindowFriday March 17 2023, 23:38:00 UTC→Saturday March 18 2023, 00:16:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon
Height70 m
Diameter3.7 m
Stages2
ReusableYes
LEO capacity22,800 kg
Track record606/607 successful
Landings593/598
Launch CodexDossier

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Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1069
active6th flight
Flights31
Landings31/31100%
Fastest turn25d 18h
Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 672 km downrange
43d 15h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the CRS-24 mission.

Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.562, -80.577
Scrub riskLOW
Go92%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go92%LL2 Go80%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud50%Temp27°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 1516 · upper-level wind 30 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)