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SpaceX Launches Turksat 5A Communications Satellite for Turkey, Lands Rocket

posted by Fnord666 on Friday January 08 2021, @08:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the broadband-for-everyone dept.

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SpaceX launches Turksat 5A communications satellite for Turkey, lands rocket:

SpaceX kicked off what is expected to be another launch-packed year by delivering a Turkish communications satellite to orbit tonight (Jan. 7).

A 230-ft-tall (70 m) Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 here at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:15 p.m. EST (0215 GMT on Jan. 8), about 45 minutes into a planned four-hour window, carrying the Turksat 5A satellite into space. The brief delay was due to a downrange tracking issue, SpaceX said during its live launch broadcast.

[...] Today's flight was the fourth launch for this particular Falcon 9 first stage. The booster, designated B1060, previously lofted an upgraded GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force in June 2020, followed by launches of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in September and October.

[...] the Falcon 9 deposited the 7,700-lb. (3,500 kilograms) Turksat 5A satellite into orbit about 33 minutes after liftoff. The spacecraft is designed to operate for approximately 15 years, providing broadband coverage to Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and portions of Africa.

SpaceX will also launch the spacecraft's counterpart, Turksat 5B, later this year.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 09 2021, @10:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 09 2021, @10:12PM (#1097659)

    SLS was a sick joke from day 1. I remember when they did their request for public input on how to incorporate Shuttle components into the new design. I thought they couldn't be serious, that only a complete moron or a corrupt politician would ever design a rocket like that, but here we are. With the amount of money they've shoveled into that gaping maw, Musk would probably be auctioning off tickets to immigrate to his shiny new Mars colony.