Launch Date: August 7, Tuesday
Launch Window: 0519-0719 GMT (1:19-3:19 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40
Booster Recovery: ASDS on OCISLY
Booster Type: B1046.2 - 1st Reused Block 5
Mass: 5800 kg
Orbit: GTO
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Merah Putih communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. Merah Putih, previously known as Telkom 4, will provide C-band telecommunications services over Indonesia and India, replacing the aging Telkom 1 communications craft. The Merah Putih satellite was built by Space Systems/Loral. The mass is unknown but similar satellites are on the heavy side of 4500 kg to 6000+ kg.
Telkom 4 (Merah Putih)
Telkom Indonesia - Wikipedia
This will be the 15th SpaceX launch of the year if the schedule holds.
This will be the first Block 5 booster reused. The number following the booster number represents the number of reuses for that booster. So this is B1046.2. If it gets used again, it will be B1046.3.
This will be the 10th booster reused this year and only 7 new boosters launched so far.
If all recoveries happen as expected then this will be the 8th recovered booster of the year.
This will be the 61st Falcon 9 launch.
Launch Window: 0519-0719 GMT (1:19-3:19 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40
Booster Recovery: ASDS on OCISLY
Booster Type: B1046.2 - 1st Reused Block 5
Mass: 5800 kg
Orbit: GTO
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Merah Putih communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. Merah Putih, previously known as Telkom 4, will provide C-band telecommunications services over Indonesia and India, replacing the aging Telkom 1 communications craft. The Merah Putih satellite was built by Space Systems/Loral. The mass is unknown but similar satellites are on the heavy side of 4500 kg to 6000+ kg.
Telkom 4 (Merah Putih)
Telkom Indonesia - Wikipedia
This will be the 15th SpaceX launch of the year if the schedule holds.
This will be the first Block 5 booster reused. The number following the booster number represents the number of reuses for that booster. So this is B1046.2. If it gets used again, it will be B1046.3.
This will be the 10th booster reused this year and only 7 new boosters launched so far.
If all recoveries happen as expected then this will be the 8th recovered booster of the year.
This will be the 61st Falcon 9 launch.
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