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EchoStar 23

Success
MAR 16201706:00:00 UTC

Due to the satellite's heavy mass (5,600 kg), the rocket flew in its expendable configuration and the first-stage booster was not recovered.

First uncrewed non-station launch from LC-39A since Apollo 6. Launched a communications satellite for broadcast services over Brazil. Due to the payload size launch into a GTO, the booster was expended into the Atlantic Ocean and did not feature landing legs and grid fins.

launched fromLC-39AKennedy

aboardFalcon 9 Full ThrustF9-031intoGSO

Booster

B1030

no recovery attempt

Payload

EchoStar 23

Communications