{"id":18470,"date":"2019-04-11T19:59:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18470"},"modified":"2019-04-11T19:59:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:59:14","slug":"spacex-falcon-heavy-successfully-launches-arabsat-6a-and-lands-all-3-boosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18470","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launches Arabsat-6A and lands all 3 boosters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\">SpaceX<\/a> this afternoon launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/falcon-heavy\">Falcon Heavy<\/a> rocket with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabsat.com\/english\/home#Section4\">Arabsat-6A<\/a> communications satellite from Cape Kennedy Space Center. This was the second launch of a FH but this time all 3 cores of the FH were the most up-to-date <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falcon_9_Block_5\">Block 5 versions<\/a>. And all 3 boosters\u00a0 successfully landed. The 2 side boosters landed back on pads at Cape Canaveral while the center landed on a floating platform at sea.<\/p>\n<p>A clip from the SpaceX webcast showing the liftoff:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nVJxoO5EkTc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the segment of the webcast with the return flights and landings of the boosters:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6YyV-otP3pI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After a coast period, the upper stage engine fired for about 85 seconds and 5 minutes later Arabsat-6A was deployed:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Successful deployment of Arabsat-6A to geosynchronous transfer orbit confirmed\u2014completing Falcon Heavy\u2019s first commercial mission! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KeKTP99xvv\">pic.twitter.com\/KeKTP99xvv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1116478585731051520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Contact was later made with the satellite after the deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The power of the FH sent the satellite into a long ellipse with an apogee of 90,000 km (55,500 mi) beyond Earth. The satellite will fire its on-board engine to circularize the orbit and bring it to its assigned slot in geostationary orbit (35,786 km above the equator). The initial extra high orbit will reduce the amount of fuel that the satellite needs to reach its spot as compared to a launch with, say, a Falcon 9 rocket. This extra fuel will give the satellite a few more years of operation since it needs to occasionally fire the engine to maintain its position.<\/p>\n<p>The next Falcon Heavy launch is expected to lift off in June (presumably with the same two side boosters as this flight). The mission will be for the U.S. Air Force and is referred to as STP-2 (Space Test Program-2). STP-2 will carry several military and scientific research satellites including the Planetary Society&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/explore\/projects\/lightsail-solar-sailing\/\">LightSail-2<\/a> solar sail: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/falcon-heavy-arabsat-launches.html\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy Flies Again; LightSail 2 Is Next! | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1610398297\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1610398297&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=d5a5186356a0ac2412b80d64262bdb05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos<\/em><\/strong><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1610398297\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1610398297&amp;asins=1610398297&amp;linkId=f7edf45d29fd89517f105c663a460fe9&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX this afternoon launched a Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat-6A communications satellite from Cape Kennedy Space Center. This was the second launch of a FH but this time all 3 cores of the FH were the most up-to-date Block 5 versions. And all 3 boosters\u00a0 successfully landed. The 2 side boosters landed back on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18470\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launches Arabsat-6A and lands all 3 boosters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-industry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4NU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18434,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18434","url_meta":{"origin":18470,"position":0},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; April.9.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport: ** SpaceX; **** Second Falcon Heavy launch now set for Wednesday, April 11th from Kennedy Space Center: Now targeting Falcon Heavy launch of Arabsat-6A on Wednesday, April 10 \u2013 weather forecast improves to 80% favorable \u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/EngineView-April2019-1024x688.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19106,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19106","url_meta":{"origin":18470,"position":1},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; June.24.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Falcon Heavy mission and the Soyuz return are the focus points of today's roundup: ** SpaceX: *** The countdown is proceeding for the Falcon Heavy liftoff tonight for the complex STP-2 mission. 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