Falcon 9 Block 5 | Skynet 6A
Podsumowanie
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Skynet 6A — NET / TBD · 2027. Stan: data do ustalenia. Rakieta: Falcon 9 Block 5. Stanowisko: Unknown Pad (Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA). Precyzja daty: rok.
Parametry
- Stan: data do ustalenia
- Data startu (NET — nie wcześniej niż): NET / TBD · 2027
- Rakieta: Falcon 9 Block 5
- Stanowisko: Unknown Pad
- Lokalizacja: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Załogowa: nie
- Misja: Skynet 6A
Opis misji
oryginał LL2
The Skynet 6A gap-filler military communications satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space to cover the gap between the Britisch Skynet-5 network and its successor.
Skynet 6A was solesourced from Airbus Defence and Space in 2017, but was not fully funded until July 2020. Aibus will build the Skynet-6A satellite in the United Kingdom and arrange a 2025 launch. RAL Space, a U.K. national laboratory, will test the all-electric satellite at its facility in Harwell. Skynet-6A, based on the Eurostar-Neo platform, is expected to provide communications services for the British military until at least 2040.