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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Nusantara Lima - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - September 11, 2025

Launch Date: September 11, 2025 (EDT) Launch Time: 9:56 p.m. EDT, (September 12, 0156 UTC, 03:56 CEST) Launch Window: Open until 9:56 p.m. EDT Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Statio...

Watch live: SpaceX launches Indonesia's Nusantara Lima on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the Nusantara Lima (N5) satellite from private Indonesian satellite company, Satelit Nusantara Lima (SNL), a subsidiary of Pasifik Satelit...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Nusantara Lima - Attempt 3

Nusantara Lima is an Indonesian high-throughput telecommunications satellite to operate in Geostationary orbit as a replacement for Nusantara-2, which failed to reach orbit on a CZ-3B in 2020. It will...

Nusantara Lima Mission

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Nusantara Lima

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 45%
B1078 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

Nusantara Lima is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite with a capacity of more than 160 Gbps.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 12, 2025, 6:14 a.m.

Satellite in operation.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 12, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 12, 2025, 1:56 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 12, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Now targeting Sep 12 at 01:56 UTC


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 12, 2025, 12:54 a.m.

Now targeting Sep 12 at 01:45 UTC


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1078

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: March 2, 2023
Last Flight: September 12, 2025
Flights: 23
Landings Attempted: 23
Landings Successful: 23
Previous B1078 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1078 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 23rd flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 554 Failures: 15 Pending: 119

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