SpaceX Falcon Heavy Arabsat-6A

Name: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Arabsat-6A
Start: 2019-04-11T22:35:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A

Falcon Heavy

Status

Success

Date

11 APR 2019

22:35

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Arabsat-6A is a Saudi Arabian communications satellite to be positioned at 30.5Â°East orbital slot. Arabsat-6A was built by Lockheed Martin for Arabsat and will deliver TV, internet and mobile phone services to the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.

Height

70 m

Diameter

12.2 m

Launch Mass

1,400 T

Thrust

22,819 kN