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Hispasat 30W-6

Success
MAR 06201805:33:00 UTC

First-stage booster was expended at sea and was not recovered.

The Spanish commsat was the largest satellite yet flown by SpaceX, "nearly the size of a bus". A drone ship landing was planned, but scrapped due to unfavorable weather conditions. After stage separation, the first stage booster successfully conducted an ocean landing in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX left the landing legs and titanium grid fins in place to prevent further delays, after previous concerns with the fairing pressurization and conflicts with the Atlas V launch of GOES-S. The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite was propelled into a supersynchronous transfer orbit.

launched fromSLC-40Canaveral

aboardFalcon 9 B4F9-050intoGSO

Booster

B1044.1

Splashed down in the sea

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    Hispasat 30W-6

    Communications

  • 02

    PODSat

    Technology demonstration