UPDATE: On Thursday, August 3 SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 launched the Intelsat G-37 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. For the 213th time the booster landed successfully on the drone ship ‘Just Read the Instructions’.
The satellite has four deployable antenna reflectors for both C-band and Ku-band transmissions to serve television and telecommunication networks and the U.S. Government in North America.
The Ku-band payload offers mobile communication services and is jointly owned by Intelsat and JSAT International. The spacecraft built by Maxar is the last in a series of satellites to refresh Intelsat’s Galaxy fleet of satellites that operate over North America.
SpaceX’s next launch, Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, August 6, 2023 5:22 PM PDT SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, August 3 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Intelsat G-37 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 12:15 a.m. ET (04:15 UTC). If needed, a backup opportunity is available Friday, August 4 with the same window.
The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-5, GPS III-6, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.
The launch of Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 (G-37/H-4) advances Intelsat’s comprehensive Galaxy fleet refresh plan. The G-37 C-band payload will provide North American capacity for television media and telecommunication network customers. The H-4 Ku-band payload will provide continuity for our mobility, network and U.S. government customers and will be owned jointly by Intelsat and JSAT International, the U.S.-owned subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Corp.