Falcon 9 launched EchoStar 23, a geostationary satellite providing direct-to-home television broadcasting over Brazil. Due to its mass, the flight used the full performance of the booster with no landing attempt.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 11th
- of 24 Falcon 9 Full Thrust flights
- Date and time
- 16 March 2017, 06:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2017-014
- Launches in 2017
- 15th of 90
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