GovSat-1
Success
JAN 31201821:25:00 UTCLuxembourg government and military communications satellite for the GovSat joint venture, flying to a high-energy supersynchronous transfer orbit of 250 x 51,500 km.
The booster, which SpaceX did not intend to recover, performed a controlled soft ocean landing and unexpectedly remained intact. After initial discussion of a possible recovery attempt, SpaceX chose instead to deliberately destroy and sink the stage.
LIFTOFF
JAN 31 201821:25:00 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-40Canaveral
aboardFalcon 9 Full ThrustF9-048intoGSO
Booster
B1032.2
Splashed down in the sea
Payload
GovSat-1 (SES-16)
Communications
