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April 7, 2023
SpaceX Falcon 9 Intelsat 40e/TEMPO
Launched: 12:30 AM EDT
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Booster: B1076, 4th Flight
Payload: Intelsat 40e/TEMPO satellites (see details below)
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Intelsat 40e will join Intelsat's "Epic" fleet of high-throughput satellites, providing in-flight connectivity and other mobile communications over North and Central America.
Intelsat 40e is a partial replacement for Intelsat 29e, which failed in 2019.
Intelsat 40e launch also hosts NASA's TEMPO instrument (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) to measure atmospheric chemistry over North America.
Booster history: 3 previous missions.
Booster recovery: Drone Ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' (ASOG)
SpaceX Stats:
226th orbital flight for Falcon 9.
120th launch from SLC-40.
156th successful landing without fail.
Target orbit: geostationary orbit
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