SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Türksat 6A - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - July 8, 2024

Published: 01 January 1970
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Launch Date: July 8
Launch Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT, 23:30 UTC, (01:30 CEST - July 9)
Launch Window: 4 hours
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA
Targeted Orbit: GTO (Geostationary-Transfer-Orbit)
Launch Inclination: East
Launch Status: Successful

Mission: Türksat 6A
Launch Provider: Türksat
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster B1076)
Flight for the Booster: 15
Previous Flights of the Booster: 14 - CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3b mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, and eight Starlink missions
Landing: Autonomous Droneship "Just Read the Instructions" (JRTI)

SpaceX targets July 8 for a Falcon 9 launch to launch Türksat 6A to a GTO (Geo Transfer Orbit). Liftoff is targeted for 7:30 p.m. EDT, 23:30 UTC (01:30 CEST - July 9)

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on an autonomous droneship Just Read the Instructions stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Space Affairs stream will start about 20 minutes before the lift-off.

Flight trajectory will be to the east. You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here: https://flightclub.io/live

About Türksat 6A
Türksat 6A is the first communication geostationary satellite built in Turkey. In addition, small payloads on that flight were built in Canada.

Türksat 6A is a satellite that will provide data relay for civil and military communications to the Anatolian peninsula as well as most of the European continent, the Middle East, and the westernmost part of the Russian Federation. The satellite is equipped with 16(+4) Ku-band and 2(+1) X-band transponders (reserve).


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