Northrop Grumman built the SES-18 and SES-19 C-band replacement satellites.
SES-18 and SES-19 launched in 2023.
The launch marked the 28th flight for the first-stage booster, which previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, and SES-19, as well as 24 Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 first stage previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, SES-19, and 24 Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the February SpaceX mission will be flying its 13th flight after previously launching CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, SES-19, and eight Starlink missions.
Booster 1069 previously supported the CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, and SES-19 missions and had supported five Starlink missions prior to this flight.
The first stage booster for this mission previously launched the Cargo Dragon CRS-24, Eutelsat Hotbird 13F, OneWeb 1, and SES-18/SES-19 missions, plus four Starlink deployment flights.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in March 2023 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SES-18 and SES-19 were designed, manufactured, and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in March 2023 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in March 2023 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SES-18 and SES-19 were designed, manufactured, and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES-19 was launched in tandem with SES-18 and was built by Northrop Grumman on the GEOSTAR™-3 bus.
The Falcon 9 first stage used on the 2023-05-04 launch previously launched SES-19.
SES completed launches of SES-18 and SES-19 as part of its US C-band Phase II activities.
SES-18 and SES-19 were the last two satellites SES needed to claim C-band spectrum clearing proceeds totaling nearly $4,000,000,000.
SpaceX launched SES-18 and SES-19 on 2023-03-17.
SES-18 and SES-19 satellites were designed and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:38 pm local time on Friday, 2023-03-17.
SES-18 and SES-19 are the fourth and fifth and final satellites launched as part of SES’s C-band transition plan.