The first stage booster that failed previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and 15 Starlink missions.
The implementation of the Hughes Jupiter System on Nilesat 301 is expected to be completed by the end of 2024-07-01.
The first stage booster supporting the 2024-03-13 mission previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and 11 Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the March mission is flying for the 19th time and previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and 11 Starlink missions.
Booster B1062 previously supported 16 missions, including GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and nine Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and seven Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the ARABSAT BADR-8 mission previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, and seven Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the OneWeb 17 mission previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, and seven Starlink missions.
The 2022-12-28 Falcon 9 booster previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, and Nilesat 301, and it has supported six Starlink missions in total.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor and manufacturer of Nilesat 301 based on its Spacebus 4000-B2 platform.
Nilesat 301 will eventually replace the Thales Alenia Space-built Nilesat 201.
The Falcon 9 booster that supported the Nilesat 301 launch had previously supported six earlier SpaceX launches, including two missions to the International Space Station and missions carrying GPS navigation and Starlink broadband satellites.
Nilesat 301 is expected to take about a month to reach its geostationary orbit slot at 7 degrees west, complete further tests, and enter commercial service.
SpaceX launched Nilesat 301 to geosynchronous transfer orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:04 p.m. Eastern on 2022-06-09 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Nilesat 301 will use onboard chemical propulsion to start its journey to its final orbit within days after its 2022-06-09 launch.
Nilesat 301 supplements connectivity services across Egypt and other countries along the Nile provided by Tiba 1, Egypt’s first government satellite that launched in 2019.
Nilesat 301 is a roughly 4,000-kilogram communications satellite operated by Egyptian operator Nilesat.
Nilesat 301 was lifted to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, 2022-06-08.
Nilesat 301 will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Nilesat 301 will carry six Ka-band transponders and 32 Ku-band transponders.