SpaceX today launched a 300th flight for Falcon 9 carrying Telekomsat Merah Putih 2 satellite and here you can watch the liftoff, first stage landing, and the deployment below.
Liftoff:
After loading the propellant, the flight director cleared the vehicle for liftoff and the weather was also clear. The Falcon 9 fired its engine at 3:11 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/JdOTFjkLjA
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 20, 2024
Stage 1:
The rocket descended back on a droneship and landed at 8:35 minutes into the mission. This was the 17th liftoff for the first stage booster and it previously supported important flights including CRS 22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, and 8 Starlink satellite launches.
Falcon 9 has landed on the Just Read the Instructions Droneship, completing this booster’s 17th launch and landing pic.twitter.com/q4Jwvo7dRA
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 20, 2024
Deployment:
Within 35:00 minutes of the mission time, SpaceX confirmed payload separation and deployed Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 into orbit.
Deployment of @Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 confirmed pic.twitter.com/6VHchNOnOR
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 20, 2024
This is the first satellite satellite from Telkomsat with High Throughput Satellite technology. It is built by Thales Alenia Space with a capacity of up to 32 Gbps across C-band and Ku-band frequencies to cover Indonesia.