SES-9Falcon 9 Full ThrustSpaceX Launch Status Success Fri · Mar 4th, 2016 6:35 PM - 8:06 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muDPSyO7-A0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIkPP2LM8DU MissionSES-9Type: CommunicationsContaining 81 Ku-Band transponders, SES-9 will be positioned at 108.2 degrees East to provide communication coverage for 22 million homes. The satellite will enhance SES’s existing coverage in Asia, Australia and also improve maritime communications in the Indian Ocean. The 5300kg craft will use a xenon ion propulsion system for orbital manoeuvres to decrease the amount of propellant needed. LocationSpace Launch Complex 40Cape Canaveral, FL, USA214 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. RocketFalcon 9 Full ThrustLength: 71 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launch: December 22, 2015The 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.The Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket has been launched a total of 25 times with 24 successful and 1 failed launches. AgencySpaceXType: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USASpace 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 has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule