Launched BulgariaSat-1, Bulgaria's first geostationary communications satellite, from KSC's LC-39A into GTO on booster B1029, previously flown on an Iridium NEXT mission in January 2017 - only SpaceX's second-ever booster reflight. The booster landed hard on the droneship but stayed upright.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 16th
- of 24 Falcon 9 Full Thrust flights
- Date and time
- 23 June 2017, 19:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2017-038
- Launches in 2017
- 40th of 90
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