Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: LC-39A (Falcon), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Bangabandhu-1
Destination: GTO
Customer: Thales Alenia Space / BTRC
Mass: 3600 kg
Details:
First launch of Falcon 9 Block 5. Block 5 features numerous upgrades for reusability as well as meeting safety requirements outlined by NASA to begin launches as part of the Commercial Crew Program
1st Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
1st Falcon 9 Block 5 success
1st consecutive Falcon 9 Block 5 success
55th Falcon 9 mission
52nd Falcon 9 success
26th consecutive Falcon 9 success
61st Falcon family mission
55th Falcon family success
27th consecutive Falcon family success
1st launch for B1046
1st ASDS landing attempt for B1046
1st landing on OCISLY for B1046
14th SpaceX launch from LC-39A (Falcon)
Turnaround: 93.98 days
14th landing attempt on OCISLY
10th landing success on OCISLY
2nd consecutive landing success on OCISLY
Turnaround: 22.89 days
32nd total SpaceX landing attempt
25th total SpaceX landing success
32nd Falcon landing attempt
25th Falcon landing success
9th SpaceX mission of 2018
9th SpaceX mission success of 2018
8th Falcon 9 mission of 2018
9th Falcon family mission of 2018
61st SpaceX mission
55th SpaceX mission success
27th consecutive SpaceX mission success