At 04:11 Beijing time on February 21, 2024 (15:11 EST on February 20), the Falcon 9 carrier rocket carrying the Merah PutiH 2 large communications satellite was launched from the SLC-40 station of Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, 34 minutes and 32 seconds later, after two ignitions, the satellite was put into geosynchronous transfer orbit with an altitude of 794 kilometers and a speed of 34,212 kilometers at a separation point.
Merah Putih 2 (HTS-113BT) is a large high-orbit communications satellite owned by Indonesia's state-owned digital telecommunications company PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat), a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) developed by Thales Alenia Space in Europe.
The Merah Putih 2 satellite uses the Thales Alenia Spacebus 4000B2 platform, using C-band and Ku-band, with multipoint beams, a communication capacity of more than 32Gbps, a mass of about 4 tons, and a design life of 15 years. The satellite is mainly used to provide broadband Internet communication services, supporting satellite-based backhaul and enterprise services, covering the whole of Indonesia. After being launched into orbit, Merah Putih 2 will be lifted to an orbit using its own power, and will finally be located in a geostationary orbit at 113 degrees east longitude, which will be put into operation in April this year.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle is a large two-stage cryogenic liquid launch vehicle with a standard geosynchronous transfer orbit capacity of 83 tons, using the ** geosynchronous transfer orbit capacity under the route 55 tons. This rocket uses the B1067 of its 17th flight17. 8 minutes and 36 seconds after launch, the first stage landed on the JRTI automatic ** ship moored in the Atlantic Ocean.
This launch is the 16th launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle in 2024, the 8th launch of Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, the 19th launch of the United States, and the 35th launch of the world.
Author: Mulan Xingzhou.
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