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Hotbird 13G

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Hotbird 13G

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Falcon 9 Block 5
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Nov 3, 05:22:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
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Mission

Hotbird 13G is a communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space which will provide television broadcast services over Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa for Eutelsat.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
WindowNov 3, 03:26:00 UTC→Nov 3, 05:22:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon
Height70 m
Diameter3.65 m
Stages2
ReusableYes
LEO capacity22,800 kg
Track record606/607 successful
Landings593/598
Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.562, -80.577
Scrub riskLOW
Go90%
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Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go90%LL2 Go90%Wind4 ktGusts4 ktCloud100%Temp91°F

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

1200% cloud cover in layer above freezing (15069 ft) — approximated · METAR: "KCOF 122055Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM TS -RA BKN060 24/22 A3012 RMK AO2 PK WND 31038/19" · HRRR F+0: CAPE 1982 · upper-level wind 34 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1067
active7th flight
Flights36
Landings36/36100%
Fastest turn22d 16h
Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 674 km downrange
45d 5h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the CRS-22 mission.

Previous flights · 35
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  3. #34Starlink Group 10-44+36d 17hJRTIMar 30, 2026
  4. #33Starlink Group 6-104+75d 5hASOGFeb 22, 2026
  5. #32Starlink Group 6-92+50d 4hASOGDec 8, 2025