Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, 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 success
1st consecutive success
1st launch for B1046
14th SpaceX launch from LC-39A
Turnaround: 93.98 days
14th landing
10th landing success
2nd consecutive landing success
Turnaround: 22.89 days
32nd total landing attempt
25th total landing success
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing success
9th SpaceX mission of 2018
9th mission success of 2018
1st Falcon 9 Block 5 mission of 2018
61st SpaceX mission
55th SpaceX success