Falcon 9 flight 26

Falcon 9 flight 26 was the 26th Falcon 9 space launch by SpaceX, which launched both ABS's ABS-2A and Eutelsat's Eutelsat 117 West B (formerly Satmex 9) to geostationary transfer orbit, that occurred on 15 June 2016 at 14:29 UTC (10:29am local time).^[1]

Falcon 9 flight 26

Official insignia for the mission
Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch
Launch	June 15, 2016 (2016-06-15), 14:29 UTC
Operator	SpaceX
Pad	Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Payload	ABS-2A Eutelsat 117 West B
Outcome	Partial success
Components
First stage	B1024
Falcon launches
← Flight 25 Flight 27 →

After the launch, the first stage of the Falcon 9 experienced a hard landing and failed to land successfully on the deck of the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Atlantic Ocean.^[2] The landing failed due to low thrust on one of the three engines during the landing burn; as the rocket stage was about to land on the deck, the engines ran out of oxidizer.^[3]

See also

• Flight 26's first-stage landing test
• List of Falcon 9 launches