SpaceX

Echostar 23

Success

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

T-minus to liftoff

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Thursday March 16 2017, 06:00:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

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Mission

Echostar 23 is a geostationary communications satellite, which will provide direct-to-home television broadcast services over Brazil. Being a flexible Ku-band satellite, it is capable of providing service from any of eight different orbital slots.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowThursday March 16 2017, 05:35:00 UTC→Thursday March 16 2017, 08:05:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

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SpaceX

Echostar 23

Success

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

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MINUTES

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SECONDS

Thursday March 16 2017, 06:00:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

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Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

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Mission

Echostar 23 is a geostationary communications satellite, which will provide direct-to-home television broadcast services over Brazil. Being a flexible Ku-band satellite, it is capable of providing service from any of eight different orbital slots.

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud40%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 7581 m above freezing 5141 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 7581 m, mean 5832 m, 100% cover, freezing 5141 m

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowThursday March 16 2017, 05:35:00 UTC→Thursday March 16 2017, 08:05:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud40%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 7581 m above freezing 5141 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 7581 m, mean 5832 m, 100% cover, freezing 5141 m