Debut flight of the Falcon 9 Block 5 variant, launching Bangladesh's first geostationary communications satellite, Bangabandhu-1, from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A; the first stage landed successfully on a droneship.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 11 May 2018, 20:14 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2018-044
- Launches in 2018
- 44th of 114
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas