SpaceX - Falcon 9 / Es'hail-2 Mission patch.
Nov. 15, 2018
SpaceX Falcon 9 Es'hail-2 lift off
SpaceX successfully launched the Es’hail-2 satellite on Thursday, November 15 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 3:46 p.m. EST, or 20:46 UTC, and the satellite was deployed to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) about 32 minutes after liftoff.
Es’hail-2 Mission
Falcon 9’s first stage for the Es’hail-2 mission previously supported the Telstar 19 VANTAGE mission in July 2018. Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9 first stage after landing on Droneship "Of Course I Still Love You"
Es’hail 2 communications satellite. Built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and owned by Qatar’s national satellite communications company Es’hailSat, Es’hail 2 will provide television broadcasts, broadband connectivity and government services to Qatar and neighboring parts of the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
Es’hail 2 communications satellite
Es’hail 2 also carries the first amateur radio payload to fly in geostationary orbit.
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Images, Video, Text, Credits: SpaceX/Mitsubishi Electric Corp./Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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