SpaceX F9 - Intelsat Galaxy 37 - SLC-40

[Grendal]

Launch Date: August 3
Launch Window: 12:15am EDT (9:15pm PDT on the 2nd, 04:15 UTC on the 3rd) - 2 hour window
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI
Booster: B1077.6
Fairings: Reused - 8th and 10th
Mass: approx. 3500 kg
Orbit: GTO
Yearly Launch Number: 52

The Galaxy 37 satellite is a geostationary communications satellite manufactured by Maxar for Intelsat. The satellite is set to be the last of Intelsat's satellites as part of the clearing of the C-band specturm for 5G communications as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
The rocket will head straight east from the Cape.

Galaxy 37 / Horizons 4

Galaxy 37 is C-band and Ku-band communications satellites owned by Intelsat.

space.skyrocket.de

 

[Grendal]

Weather is good.

 

[808?]

 

[Grendal]

And yet another successful GTO launch. Recovery was also successful. Awaiting second and third relight of the second stage engine before payload deployment. The hard part is done though.

 

[ecarfan]

Successful deployment.

Nice clear shot of the booster on the ASDS.

 

[JB47394]

Another geostationary satellite launched. Another landing of an orbital class booster on an autonomous drone ship. yawn

Weird, huh?

Imagine when we're having this reaction to Starship launches. "More stuff for the Moon base? This is so boring. When are we going to do something new and interesting?"

 

[ecarfan]

Imagine when we're having this reaction to Starship launches. "More stuff for the Moon base? This is so boring. When are we going to do something new and interesting?"

In 2016 few people could envision that F9 launches and landings would become so frequent and routine. Now I expect that to also be true for Starship launches and landings before 2030.