KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX successfully launched a South Korean communications satellite on Monday afternoon.
What You Need To Know
- The Falcon 9’s return created a sonic boom
- The South Korean satellite will provide satellite services and TV broadcasting
- 🔻Scroll down to watch the launch🔻
Liftoff of Koreasat-6A! pic.twitter.com/zB66vmdwnD
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 11, 2024
On Monday afternoon, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off with the KOREASAT 6A mission from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, stated the company.
The four-hour launch window opened at 12:22 p.m. ET. It was originally set to open at 12:07 p.m. ET.
The 45th Weather Squadron gave a 70% chance of good launch conditions, with the only concern being the cumulus cloud rule.
Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.
If the launch was pushed back, the next attempt would have been on Tuesday with another four-hour takeoff window at 12:06 p.m. ET.
Going up
The Falcon 9 first-stage booster for this mission, B1067, has had 22 missions to its name, including two crewed ones.
After the stage separation, the booster landed on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station that created a sonic boom.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on Landing Zone 1 pic.twitter.com/InuswXE43p
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 11, 2024
About the mission
Not much could be found on the South Korean company KT Sat’s website about KOREASAT 6A, but according to the Kennedy Space Center, it “will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the KOREASAT 6 launched in 2010.”
The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space.
According to KT Sat, the KOREASAT 6’s orbital position is 116°E that was launched on Dec. 30, 2010, with a lifespan of 15 years.
The KOREASAT 6A will be sent to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
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