Replace 11:19 a.m. EST: SpaceX adjusted the T-0 liftoff time.

Replace 1:03 p.m. EST: SpaceX confirms deployment of Koreasat-6A.

SpaceX launched the newest communications satellite tv for pc for KT SAT Company Ltd., a satellite tv for pc service supplier in South Korea Monday within the noontime hour. The Falcon 9 rocket was the primary of what may formed as much as be a double launch day.

Liftoff of the Koreasat-6A mission occurred at 12:22 p.m. EST (1722 UTC) from Launch Complicated 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart. A Starlink supply mission, postponed from Sunday, is scheduled to fly from pad 40 at neighboring Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station, 4 hours later.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster for this mission, tail quantity B1067 within the SpaceX fleet, launched for a twenty third time. It beforehand supported the launches of two astronaut missions to the Worldwide Area Station (Crew-3 and Crew-4), two cargo flights to the ISS (CRS-22 and CRS-25) and 12 Starlink missions.

Somewhat greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1067 touched down at Touchdown Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station. The profitable touchdown marked the forty seventh booster restoration at LZ-1 and the 365th booster touchdown thus far.

Notably, this  additionally marked the primary time a booster landed for a twenty third time. The opposite two boosters that launched for a twenty third time, B1061 and B1062, had been taken out of service.

B1061 was deliberately expended following the launch of the Hera spacecraft on Oct. 7, 2024, for the European Area Company. B1062 was misplaced when it failed to securely land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ following the launch of the Starlink 8-6 mission on Aug. 28, 2024.

The geostationary Koreasat-6A satellite tv for pc onboard Monday’s deliberate launch is designed to switch its predecessor, Koreasat-6, which is within the 116 levels East place for KT SAT. The previous satellite tv for pc was launched by Arianespace in December 2010 and operates as a Ku-Band satellite tv for pc.

Koreasat-6A, which was manufactured by Thales Alenia Area is constructed on the corporate’s Spacebus 4000B2 platform and consists of six broadcast satellite tv for pc service (BSS) transponders and 20 fastened satellite tv for pc service (FSS) transponders. The three.5-metric-ton satellite tv for pc is designed to function for 15 years.