Intelsat 35e
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
SpaceX
Mission
Intelsat 35e
Type: Communications
Intelsat 35e is a geostationary communications satellite for Intelsat. It is the fourth satellite of the EpicNG service, and will cover the Americas, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa from the 34.5°West orbital position.
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
211 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Rocket
Falcon 9 Full Thrust – SpaceX
Family: Falcon
Length: 71 m
Diameter: 3.65 m
Launch Mass: 546 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 22800 kg
The Falcon 9 Full Thrust was manufactured by SpaceX with the first launch on 2015-12-22. Falcon 9 Full Thrust has 24 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 25 launches. 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.
Agency
SpaceX
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: SpX
Administration: CEO: Elon Musk
Founded: 2002
Launchers: Falcon
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.
