Falcon 9 v1.1 delivered the Thaicom 6 communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit for Thailand's Thaicom, providing C- and Ku-band DTH broadcast coverage over Southeast Asia and Africa; it was SpaceX's second GTO mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 15 Falcon 9 v1.1 flights
- Date and time
- 6 January 2014, 22:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2014-002
- Launches in 2014
- 2nd of 92
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