EchoStar 23
Success
MAR 16201706:00:00 UTCDue 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.
LIFTOFF
MAR 16 201706:00:00 UTC
Success
launched fromLC-39AKennedy
aboardFalcon 9 Full ThrustF9-031intoGSO
Booster
B1030
no recovery attempt
Payload
EchoStar 23
Communications
