SpaceX

AsiaSat 8

Success

Falcon 9 v1.1

T-minus to liftoff

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Tuesday August 5 2014, 08:00:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

An SSL built satellite planned to be operated above the equator at a longitude of 105.5 degrees East providing coverage of souther and south-eastern Asia, China and the Middle East.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday August 5 2014, 08:00:00 UTC→Tuesday August 5 2014, 08:00:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height68.4 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableNo

LEO capacity13,150 kg

Track record14/15 successful

Landings0/5

All launches

SpaceX

AsiaSat 8

Success

Falcon 9 v1.1

T-minus to liftoff

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HOURS

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00

MINUTES

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SECONDS

Tuesday August 5 2014, 08:00:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

An SSL built satellite planned to be operated above the equator at a longitude of 105.5 degrees East providing coverage of souther and south-eastern Asia, China and the Middle East.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1008

lost1st flight

Flights1

Landings—

Fastest turn—

Expended — no recovery planned

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 7900 m, mean 5507 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 7900 m above freezing 5054 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday August 5 2014, 08:00:00 UTC→Tuesday August 5 2014, 08:00:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height68.4 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableNo

LEO capacity13,150 kg

Track record14/15 successful

Landings0/5

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1008

lost1st flight

Flights1

Landings—

Fastest turn—

Expended — no recovery planned

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 7900 m, mean 5507 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 7900 m above freezing 5054 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus