SPAINSAT NG is Hisdesat's largest project since its foundation. Its technological complexity and strategic relevance will position the company as an international benchmark in satellite communications. The new Spainsat NG generation will multiply by 16 times the capacity in X and Ka military band with respect to the current devices and will add a new payload in UHF band. In addition, it will operate with active X-band antennas in receive and transmit. Pioneers in the European aerospace sector, each of them will be assigned 16 different areas of operation to perform their coverage services with electronic configuration.
The SpainSat NG I & II will replace the current SpainSat and XTAR-EUR and will incorporate the latest technological advances in communications to reinforce their capabilities, security levels and resilience. They will have a useful life of about 15 years, which means that they will be fully operational until the 2040 threshold.
Window Opens: January 29th at 8:34PM EST (01:34 UTC on the 30th)
Window Closes: January 29th at 10:34PM EST (03:34 UTC on the 30th)
Mission: F9 launch of Spainsat-NG I for Hisdesat
Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.
Target orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster: B1073-21; 26d 7min turnaround
Booster history: SL 4-15, SES-22, SL 4-26, SL 4-35, Hakuto-R Mission 1, Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, SL 6-2, SL 5-11, SL 6-12, SL 6-27, SL 6-37, SL 6-41, Bandwagon-1, SL 6-58, SL 8-9, SL 10-7, SL 6-61, GSAT-20, Thuraya 4-NGS.
Booster recovery: None. Booster will be expended
Fairing recovery: Bob
Rocket trajectory: Straight east
Payload mass: Aproximately 6,100kg (13,450lbs)
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX's 14th launch of the year and 14th launch of the month
· 77th Falcon launch since the last failure, F9's 429th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 102nd launch from LC-39A.
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