SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 4 Hispasat 30W-6 (Hispasat 1F)

Name: SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 4 Hispasat 30W-6 (Hispasat 1F)
Start: 2018-03-06T05:33:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40

Falcon 9 Block 4

Status

Success

Date

6 MAR 2018

05:33

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Hispasat 30W-6, also known as Hispasat 1F, is a Spanish geostationary communications satellite. Joining the Hispasat fleet, this satellite is to operate in orbit for 15 years, providing services to Europe, North Africa, North America and South America. It is a replacement for the Hispasat 1D satellite at 30Âº West longtitude in geostationary orbit. Satellite launch mass is about 6000 kg and it is equipped with Ku-, Ka- and C-band transponders.

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 4

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

Height

71 m

Diameter

3.65 m

Launch Mass

546 T

Thrust

6,804 kN