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CANAVERAL, Florida -- The launch of a Space Exploration Technologies
(SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Thaicom 6 satellite is scheduled to liftoff Monday, January 6, 2014, at 5:06 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station in Florida.
The launch window closes at 7:08 p.m.
The most recent forecast issued by the U.S. Air Force 45th
Weather Squadron predicts a 80% chance of overall permissible weather
conditions for the SpaceX launch. The primary weather concern for the
launch is liftoff winds and thick clouds.
THAICOM 6 is a hybrid Ku- and C-band spacecraft that weighs 3,016 kg (6,649 lbs) at launch. This mission is the second Falcon 9 launch to a geosynchronous transfer orbit, targeting a 295 x 90,000 km orbit at 22.5 degrees inclination.
THAICOM 6 is a hybrid Ku- and C-band spacecraft that weighs 3,016 kg (6,649 lbs) at launch. This mission is the second Falcon 9 launch to a geosynchronous transfer orbit, targeting a 295 x 90,000 km orbit at 22.5 degrees inclination.
