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SES-8

Name: SES-8 launch
Start: 2013-12-03T22:41:00+00:00
End: 2013-12-03T22:41:00+00:00
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Falcon 9 v1.1SpaceXSpace Launch Complex 40

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 · 10:41 PM UTC

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Mission Brief

SES-8 is a geostationary communications satellite, providing broadcasting and network services for South Asia and India.

PayloadSES-8

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

CustomerSpaceX

Stages2

PadSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Timeline

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Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Global range

Latitude: 28.562°N
Longitude: 80.577°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear

Watch

TrackingNo active constraints

Weather Rules

Tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern: No weather issues
Rule count: 0
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

10:41 PM UTC - 10:41 PM UTC

Vehicle

Falcon 9 v1.1

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...

Height70 m

LEO Payload22,800 kg

Launches848

Successes704

Provider

SpaceX

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...

Schedule History

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

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