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Launcher: Falcon 9 FT (Full Thrust)
Spaceport: SpaceX LC-40 KSC
The Falcon 9 Full Thrust uses supercooled propellants; strengthened Octaweb engine bay, tank structure and landing legs; higher thrust on both stages and a larger upper stage tank for 33% greater performance. A beast.
Date: February 24, 2016
Backup: February 25, 2016
Time: TBD
Landing: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You drone ship
Landing coordinates: 28° 16' 20" N, 73° 49' 5" W
Payload: SES-9 commsat
Type: Boeing 702HP
Payload mass: 5,330 kg
Orbit: Super-Synchronous GTO (high apogee)
Webcasts:
YouTube SpaceXChannel (Live Event appears day of launch)
Livestream SpaceX
SES has said that if this launcher lands intact they want to be SpaceX's first customer to re-fly on a Falcon 9, even if they have to do it uninsured. That could be SES-10 later this year. So much for the idea that reusability* customers will be hard to find.
Spaceport: SpaceX LC-40 KSC
The Falcon 9 Full Thrust uses supercooled propellants; strengthened Octaweb engine bay, tank structure and landing legs; higher thrust on both stages and a larger upper stage tank for 33% greater performance. A beast.
Date: February 24, 2016
Backup: February 25, 2016
Time: TBD
Landing: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You drone ship
Landing coordinates: 28° 16' 20" N, 73° 49' 5" W
Payload: SES-9 commsat
Type: Boeing 702HP
Payload mass: 5,330 kg
Orbit: Super-Synchronous GTO (high apogee)
Webcasts:
YouTube SpaceXChannel (Live Event appears day of launch)
Livestream SpaceX
SES has said that if this launcher lands intact they want to be SpaceX's first customer to re-fly on a Falcon 9, even if they have to do it uninsured. That could be SES-10 later this year. So much for the idea that reusability* customers will be hard to find.
Scheduled for launch in 2016, SES-9 will be positioned at the orbital slot of 108.2° E and provide incremental as well as replacement capacity to the well established slot over Asia, where it will be co-located with the existing satellites. The satellite will expand SES's capability to provide DTH broadcasting and other communications services in Northeast Asia, South Asia & Indonesia, as well as maritime communications for vessels in the Indian Ocean.
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