Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 217 | Intelsat 40e and TEMPO
Intelsat 40e is a Maxar-built geostationary communications satellite carrying NASA's TEMPO instrument as a hosted payload. Developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, TEMPO measures daytime air pollution over North America hourly from Intelsat 40e's position at 91 degrees west.
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- Intelsat IS-40e/TEMPOIntelsat 40eTEMPOFalcon 9 F217
- Name
- Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 217 | Intelsat 40e and TEMPO
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Intelsat 40e is a Maxar-built geostationary communications satellite carrying NASA's TEMPO instrument as a hosted payload. Developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, TEMPO measures daytime air pollution over North America hourly from Intelsat 40e's position at 91 degrees west.
- End Date
- 2023-04-07
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully deployed Intelsat 40e and TEMPO toward geostationary orbit and recovered booster B1076
- Program
- Intelsat EpicNG and NASA TEMPO
- Start Date
- 2023-04-07
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tempo/
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- Creation Time
- July 19, 2026 at 21:57:50 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 21:57:50 UTC
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