Falcon 9 #50: Hispansat 30W-6

[Dr Mordrid]

Falcon 9 #50

Very large commsat

Operator: Hispasat (Spain)
Sat bus: SSL-1300
Power: 11.5 kW
Transponders: 48 Ku, 6 Ka, 1 Ka BSS. 1 C band
Propulsion: 4x Hall thrusters
Mass: 6,092 kg

Static fire: February 20
Launch date; February 25
Launch time: 0035 Eastern (0535 GMT)
Pad: LC-40
Core: B1044.1
Recovery: ??

They may well expend this core, clearing out the Block 3's & Block 4's with the far more reusable Block 5 #1 (B2046.1) nearing shipment.

Falcon 9 Block 5 should see up to 10 uses between refurbs, and up to 10 refurbs. All future Falcon Heavy's will use Block 5 cores as well.

[Dr Mordrid]

SpaceX ✔ @SpaceX
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting February 25 launch of Hispasat 30W-6 from Pad 40 in Florida.
12:46 AM - Feb 21, 2018

[UtwigMU]

That's a lot of burritos.

[Dr Mordrid]

They've launched a 6,700 kg commsat to GTO, and a fully loaded Dragon can run well over 10,000 kg. Fully expended, F9 can toss 22,800 kg to LEO, same as Proton.