Launches/Skynet 6A

Skynet 6A

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SpaceX · Cape Canaveral SFS, United States · 2027-12-31 · 00:00:00 UTC

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Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

Orbit

GTO

Crewed

Mission

Communications

Operator

SpaceX

Mission Details

PayloadSkynet 6A

Mission typeCommunications

Launch siteCape Canaveral SFS · Unknown Pad

OrbitGTO

Operator agencySpaceX

CountryUnited States

Date2027-12-31

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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 Euros

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