Success
Sirius SXM-9
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
GTOorbit
SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. It is expected that SXM-9 will launch in 2024. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.
Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T-38:00GO for Prop Load
- T-35:00Prop Load
- T-35:00Stage 1 LOX Load
- T-16:00Stage 2 LOX Load
- T-07:00Engine Chill
- T-01:00Tank Press
- T-01:00Startup
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:03Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:12Max-Q
- T+02:30MECO
- T+02:34Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:41SES-1
- T+03:27Fairing Separation
- T+06:17Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:42Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+08:06SECO-1
- T+08:07Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+08:21Stage 1 Landing
- T+31:52Payload Separation
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,827
SpX Mission
#439
Pad Launch
#191
Location Launch
#249
Designator
2024-234
Weather GO
99%
Weather Concerns
None
Launch Window
NET
Dec 5, 2024, 4:10 PM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Falcon 9 Block 5 Specs
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.
Length
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Launch Mass
549 t
Thrust
7,607 kN
LEO Capacity
22,800 kg
GTO Capacity
8,300 kg
Launch Cost
$52M
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
1h 5m
Total Launches
586
Successful
585
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
288
Maiden flight: May 11, 2018
Social Flight Log
- Dec 6, 2024, 3:13 AM
Launch success.
Source - Dec 5, 2024, 4:45 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Source - Dec 5, 2024, 4:10 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Dec 5, 2024, 3:55 PM
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Source - Dec 4, 2024, 9:55 PM
Go for launch.
Source - Dec 3, 2024, 3:08 PM
Updating launch weather.
Source - Nov 27, 2024, 5:42 PM
Added launch window.
Source - Nov 27, 2024, 5:52 AM
Added tentative launch window.
Source - Nov 26, 2024, 2:34 AM
Reverted back to NET early December.
Source - Nov 24, 2024, 1:38 PM
Updated launch pad.
Source - Nov 20, 2024, 9:14 PM
Targeting around 11 a.m. local on Dec 2 for liftoff.
Source - Nov 14, 2024, 3:41 PM
NET December 2.
Source - Nov 9, 2024, 7:20 AM
NET early December.
Source - Oct 20, 2024, 3:24 AM
NET late November.
Source - Aug 24, 2024, 3:51 AM
NET October.
Source - Jul 31, 2024, 4:00 PM
Added launch.
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Dec 5, 2024, 11:10 AM
Total Launches
281
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
28.5242, -80.6508