Less than three days after launching a Spanish radar imaging satellite from California, SpaceX early Sunday aims to launch a Spanish telecommunications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Hispasat 30W-6 spacecraft from Launch Complex 40 is targeted for 12:35 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, the opening of a two-hour launch window.
The forecast looks good, with an 80 percent chance of conditions meeting launch rules, according to the Air Force’s 45th Weather Squadron.
For Madrid-based Hispasat, the mission marks a return to the Space Coast after a 16-year hiatus, since a 2002 launch on an Atlas rocket.
The satellite will be Hispsat’s 11th in orbit — more than double its total five years ago. Together they distribute more than 1,250 TV and radio channels.
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“This satellite is very significant for us,” Chief Technology Officer Antonio Abad said in an email. “It is the culmination of the current growth phase of the company.”
Built by Palo Alto, California-based SSL and weighing nearly six tons at launch, the satellite will beam high-definition TV programming in Spanish and Portuguese to the Americas, Europe and Northern Africa. It also will provide broadband Internet access in rural areas and support corporate communications networks.
Source :- floridatoday
Liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Hispasat 30W-6 spacecraft from Launch Complex 40 is targeted for 12:35 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, the opening of a two-hour launch window.
The forecast looks good, with an 80 percent chance of conditions meeting launch rules, according to the Air Force’s 45th Weather Squadron.
For Madrid-based Hispasat, the mission marks a return to the Space Coast after a 16-year hiatus, since a 2002 launch on an Atlas rocket.
The satellite will be Hispsat’s 11th in orbit — more than double its total five years ago. Together they distribute more than 1,250 TV and radio channels.
[SpaceX just launched the first set of its internet-beaming Starlink satellites]
[At Kennedy Space Center, Pence touts commercial space and regulatory reform]
“This satellite is very significant for us,” Chief Technology Officer Antonio Abad said in an email. “It is the culmination of the current growth phase of the company.”
Built by Palo Alto, California-based SSL and weighing nearly six tons at launch, the satellite will beam high-definition TV programming in Spanish and Portuguese to the Americas, Europe and Northern Africa. It also will provide broadband Internet access in rural areas and support corporate communications networks.
Source :- floridatoday
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