Event details
Payload blog
SpaceX Falcon 9 O3b MPower 5/6
November 12, 2023 at 04:08 pm
Space Launch Complex 40 • Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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Watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SES payload from one of the following locations:
Launch watch
Apollo/Saturn V (Banana Creek)
Launch transportation ticket
$20 In addition to acceptance
- Approximately 6.2 miles/10 kilometers from the launch pad
- An additional transport ticket (LTT) is required in addition to a valid entry ticket
- Buses will begin boarding at 2:00 PM ET at the bus boarding area
- Video and audio launch, commentary and communication are available
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Atlantis North Park
It is located on the left when approaching the Space Shuttle Atlantis®
Included with admission
- Watch for the missile once you clear the tree line
- About 6.7 miles / 10.8 kilometers from the launch pad
- The viewing area opens at 2:30 PM ET
- Included with admission to the visitor complex
- Audio and video launch, commentary and communication are available
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Net November 12, 2023 | SpaceX Falcon 9 O3b MPower 5/6
Task details:
- Launch provider: SpaceX
- Missile type: Falcon 9 | Block 5
- launcher: Space Launch Complex 40
- a description: Providing Internet services in most populated parts of the world, relying on SES’s O3b network
- Supporter(s): Drone
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second pair of O3b mPOWER broadband Internet satellites into medium Earth orbit for SES in Luxembourg. The satellites, built by Boeing, will provide internet services to most of the world’s population, based on SES’s O3b network. The launch window will open at 4:08 PM ET and end at 5:36 PM ET.
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