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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-07-08, 23:30 | |

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☑️ 34th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 5 days, 13:05:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 68th Falcon 9 launch this year, 354th overall

☑️ 69th SpaceX mission this year (nice!), 369th overall (excludes Starship hops)

☑️ 71st SpaceX launch this year, 382nd overall (includes Starship hops)

☑️ 86th landing on JRTI

☑️ 284th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 329th Falcon Family Booster landing, 339th Falcon recovery attempt

Mission and payload info

First communication geostationary satellite built in Turkey. (Some payloads are Canadian) 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.

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1810362537793434024

Targeting a Falcon 9 launch of the @Turksat 6A mission from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida today. Weather is currently 30% favorable during the four-hour launch window that opens at 5:21 p.m. ET.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

It's interesting that we're launching comm says that have Russia explicitly as part of their target market. I realize that the latitudes make sense, but wouldn't there be any sort of embargo here?

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, that struck me as slightly odd as well, especially as they mention "military communications" as one of the use cases. I guess the U.S. government doesn't block the launch because it is a Turkish satellite partially servicing Russia, and not a purely Russian satellite? Would be interesting to know more.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Or maybe they've got a backdoor ;)

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Nominal SES-2, SECO-2, and payload deploy.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Liftoff!

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

SECO, nominal orbit insertion.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

SES-2 scheduled for T+27 minutes.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Propellant load has started: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1810448400548278690

All systems are looking good for today’s launch of the @Turksat 6A mission from Florida. Weather conditions have improved for liftoff, and propellant load is underway

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2024

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