Falcon 9 launched the Nilesat 301 communications satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space for Egyptian operator Nilesat, into geostationary transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral. It was 2022's first commercial GTO mission and will support Ultra HD broadcasts from 7 degrees West.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.9 T
- Flight
- 100th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 8 June 2022, 21:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2022-061
- Launches in 2022
- 63rd of 186
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