Türksat 5A
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Mission
Türksat 5A
Type: Communications
Launch Cost: $52,000,000
Türksat 5A is the first of two Turkish next generation communications satellites, which will be operated by Türksat for commercial and military purposes.
Trajectory
The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.
Location
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
879 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5 – SpaceX
- Family: Falcon
- Length: 70 m
- Diameter: 3.65 m
- Launch Mass: 549 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 22800 kg
The Falcon 9 Block 5 was manufactured by SpaceX with the first launch on 2018-05-11. Falcon 9 Block 5 has 156 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 156 launches. Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Core Landing
B1060 landed on JRTI after its fourth flight.
Just Read the Instructions – JRTI
First (Marmac 300) and third (Marmac 303) ASDS barge, Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) is currently used to recover Falcon 9 and Heavy boosters in the Altantic Ocean.
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship – ASDS
An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.
Agency
SpaceX – SpX
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: SpX
- Administration: CEO: Elon Musk
- Founded: 2002
- Launchers: Falcon | Starship
- Spacecraft: Dragon
- Country: USA
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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If I fly to New York, the schedule says the plane WILL land at 3:18 PM.
The rocket industry has not the same level of confidence… B1060 will ATTEMPT to land on JRTI after its fourth flight.
There always has to be a troll. LOL SpaceX has a very good success rate on retrieving these 1st stages, Something NASA nor anyone that I have heard of, had ever attempted. What is your problem, Jim? This is new technology that SpaceX pioneered and, so far, has done well… Read more »
Should have proof read my grammar. LOL
Almost like the airline industry is nearly a century old and operates under strict schedules and services hundreds of flights per day. Private spaceflight, let alone precise landing and recovery of boosters is a very new concept that SpaceX is developing from scratch. The fact they are able to pull… Read more »
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From Orlando
Well I love rockets.
Hats off to Elon Musk for creating a reputable Company that does amazing things.I tip the hat to you Mr Musk.
Elon Is the Best
actually it just shows how far nasa and the gov have gone to keep it from happening at all and the fact that nasa and the gov could have already done this same thing twenty-30-40 years ago but have chosen not to. almost as if “they” has puposefully kept us… Read more »
Give Space-X all the credit it deserves. They do a great job! Its truly an indication of progress that Space Flight, especially launch and low Earth Orbit has become a commercial commodity. But please understand that Space -X has built its business on the shoulders of decades of hard work… Read more »
and your literally elon musk