Launched the AsiaSat 8 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral for Hong Kong operator AsiaSat, built by Space Systems/Loral to provide Ku- and Ka-band TV and telecom coverage over South and Southeast Asia, China and the Middle East from 105.5 degrees East.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.5 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 15 Falcon 9 v1.1 flights
- Date and time
- 5 August 2014, 08:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2014-046
- Launches in 2014
- 47th of 92
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