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    SpaceX is targeting April 10th for the launch of the Arabsat-6A satellite aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window opens at 6:35pm EDT and closes at 8:32pm on the 10th, with a backup window on the 11th. After liftoff, the side boosters will attempt to land while the center core attempts to land on a droneship. The satellite will deploy about 34 minutes after launch.

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    SpaceX is targeting April 10th for the launch of the Arabsat-6A satellite aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window opens at 6:35pm EDT and closes at 8:32pm on the 10th, with a backup window on the 11th. After liftoff, the side boosters will attempt to land while the center core attempts to land on a droneship. The satellite will deploy about 34 minutes after launch.

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    SpaceX Arabsat 6A

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    SpaceX is targeting April 10th for the launch of the Arabsat-6A satellite aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window opens at 6:35pm EDT and closes at 8:32pm on the 10th, with a backup window on the 11th. After liftoff, the side boosters will attempt to land while the center core attempts to land on a droneship. The satellite will deploy about 34 minutes after launch.

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    SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, April 10 for a Falcon Heavy launch of the

    Arabsat-6A satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy


    Space Center in Florida. The primary launch window opens at 6:35 p.m. EDT,
    or 22:35 UTC, and closes at 8:32 p.m. EDT, or 00:32 p.m. UTC on Thursday,
    April 11. A backup launch window opens on Thursday, April 11 at 6:35 p.m.
    EDT, or 22:35 UTC, and closes at 8:31 p.m. EDT, or 00:31 UTC on Friday,
    April 12. The satellite will be deployed approximately 34 minutes after liftoff.

    Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will attempt to
    land at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral
    Air Force Station in Florida. Falcon Heavy’s center core will attempt to land on
    the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the
    Atlantic Ocean.

    Launch webcast will go live


    about 20 minutes before liftoff Arabsat-6A is a high-capacity telecommunications satellite that will deliver
    at spacex.com/webcast television, radio, Internet, and mobile communications to customers in the
    Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Built on Lockheed Martin’s enhanced LM 2100
    platform, Arabsat-6A includes several innovations that provide advanced Ka-
    spot beam communications services and Ku and Ka-band coverages in
    High-resolution photos will be addition to other frequency bands. It will be located at one of Arabsat’s orbital
    posted at flickr.com/spacex positions and will support Arabsat’s competitive position as the first operator in
    the region for satellite capacities and services.

    Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has a long and storied
    history dating back to the early 1960s. Originally built to support the Apollo
    program, LC-39A supported the first Saturn V launch (Apollo 4) and many
    subsequent Apollo missions, including Apollo 11 in July 1969. Beginning in the
    late 1970s, LC-39A was modified to support Space Shuttle launches, hosting
    the first and last shuttle missions to orbit in 1981 and 2011 respectively.

    In 2014, SpaceX signed a 20-year lease with NASA for the use of historic LC-
    39A. Since then, the company has made significant upgrades to modernize the
    pad’s structures and ground systems, while also preserving its important
    heritage. Extensive modifications to LC-39A have been made to support
    launches of both commercial and crew missions on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and
    Falcon Heavy launch vehicles.

    April 2019 spacex.com


    (all times approximate)

    James Gleeson
    Director, Communications - 53:00 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load
    202.649.2633 - 50:00 1st stage RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins
    [email protected] - 45:00 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins
    - 35:00 2nd stage RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins
    - 18:30 2nd stage LOX loading begins
    - 07:00 Falcon Heavy begins pre-launch engine chill
    - 01:30 Flight computer commanded to begin final pre-launch checks
    - 01:00 Propellant tanks pressurize for flight
    - 00:45 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
    - 00:02 Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start
    - 00:00 Falcon Heavy liftoff

    01:09 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)


    02:30 Booster engine cutoff (BECO)
    02:34 Side boosters separate from center core
    02:51 Side boosters begin boostback burn
    03:31 Center core engine shutdown/main engine cutoff (MECO)
    03:35 Center core and 2nd stage separate
    03:42 2nd stage engine starts
    04:07 Fairing deployment
    06:11 Side boosters begin entry burn
    07:00 Center core begins entry burn
    07:51 Side booster landings
    08:48 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
    09:48 Center core landing
    27:34 2nd stage engine restarts
    29:00 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
    34:02 Arabsat-6A satellite deployment

    April 2019 spacex.com

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