HISTORY

Telstar 18V

September 10, 2018 at 4:45:00 AM UTC

Successful

Watch the Launch
SpaceX's sixteenth flight of 2018 launched the Telstar 18v GEO communication satellite for Telesat, the second launch for the canadian company in a few months. The first stage was a new Falcon 9 V1.2 Block 5 which was successfully recovered on OCISLY.
Reddit Campaign
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/95cte4/telstar_18v_apstar_5c_launch_campaign_thread/
Reddit Launch
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/9e7bmq/rspacex_telstar_18v_official_launch_discussion/
Reddit Recovery
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/9erxlh/telstar_18_vantage_recovery_thread/
Reddit Media
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/9ebkqw/rspacex_telstar_18v_media_thread_videos_images/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_18V
Presskit
https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/telstar18vantagepresskit.pdf
Article
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/10/spacex-telesat-achieve-repeat-success-with-midnight-hour-launch/
Payloads
Telstar 18V

Type:

Satellite

Mass:

7,060 kg

Inclination Degree:

0.0183°

Customers:

Telesat

Manufacturers:

SSL

Nationalities:

Canada

Mission Images