Falcon 9 launched a dual payload of Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS-2A to geostationary transfer orbit, both all-electric-propulsion satellites built on Boeing's 702SP platform. The first stage attempted a droneship landing but suffered a hard landing from low thrust on one engine.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.9 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 24 Falcon 9 Full Thrust flights
- Date and time
- 15 June 2016, 14:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2016-038
- Launches in 2016
- 38th of 85
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