ABS-2A
Success
JUN 15201614:29:00 UTCSecond flight of Boeing's dual-stacked 702SP configuration, fifteen months after the first on Flight 16 — again launching a pair of all-electric GEO communications satellites, Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS-2A, in a conjoined stack at roughly 1,800 kg each.
The first stage attempted a drone ship landing but ran low on propellant after a thruster delivered reduced thrust, striking the deck and tipping over.
LIFTOFF
JUN 15 201614:29:00 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-40Canaveral
aboardFalcon 9 Full ThrustF9-026intoGSO
Booster
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Lost on drone ship · OCISLY
Payloads · 2
- 01
Eutelsat 117 West B
Communications
- 02
ABS-2A
Communications
