SpaceX F9 - Intelsat 40e/TEMPO - SLC-40

Launch Date: April 7
Launch Window: 12:29am EDT (9:29pm PDT on the 6th, 04:29 UTC on the 7th)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG
Booster: B1076.4
Fairings: Reused - 2nd and 8th reuse
Mass: around 6 tonnes
Orbit: GTO
Yearly Launch Number: 23

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Intelsat 40e communications satellite for Intelsat. Intelsat 40e will join Intelsat’s “Epic” fleet of high-throughput satellites, providing in-flight connectivity and other mobile communications services over North and Central America. Intelsat 40e is a partial replacement for Intelsat 29e, which failed in 2019. Intelsat 40e hosts NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument to measure atmospheric chemistry and monitor air pollution over North America. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Maxar, and is based on the 1300 platform.

Intelsat 40e / TEMPO

Intelsat 40e/TEMPO is a high-throughput geostationary communications satellite for Intelsat, which will provide Intelsat customers across North and...

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[Grendal]

 

[Grendal]

Weather is good for tonight.

 

[MyJoule]

Nice closeup view of the 9 M1D engine bells right after liftoff. Nice landing on what appeared to be a windy night at sea. Landings never get old .. Quite a bit of tipoff on the Satellite when it was deployed. That was surprising.

 

[Grendal]

Complete success.

 

[ecarfan]

184th F9 booster recovery!

I wonder what SpaceX’s F9 mission costs are and what their profit margin is for a typical LEO orbit insertion.