2016 · SpaceX
Amos 6 (Failure before launch)
failureFalcon 9 Full Thrust | Amos 6 (Failure before launch)
**FAILURE: Rocket and payload lost during anomaly originating around the upper stage oxygen tank during propellant load few minutes before static fire on Sept 1, 1307UTC.** Built to replace the existing AMOS-2 satellite, AMOS-6 will be positioned in a geostationary orbit at 4 degrees west. The 5500kg craft will contain 43 Ku/Ka-band transponders and 2 S-band transponders to provide communications coverage for Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The 2 solar arrays on the craft will provide 9kW of power for the satellite’s 16 year expected lifetime.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 3, 2016 at 07:00 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Mission
- Amos 6 (Failure before launch)
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
FailureRocket and payload lost during anomaly originating around the upper stage oxygen tank during propellant load few minutes before static fire on Sept 1, 1307UTC.