| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-21, 11:34 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-21, 03:34 (PST) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | 1071-21 | | Landing | Landing Zone 4 | | Payload | Multiple | | Customers | South Korean DAPA and others | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payloads to LEO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0hdFic_KuA | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BggYOgPmJxo | | NASASpaceflight | none | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAs5ZyGVq7s | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1870430156625752256 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3qBFiIpWY |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 45th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 22:15:24 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 62nd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 22nd landing on LZ-4

☑️ 389th Falcon family booster landing, 403rd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 128th Falcon 9 mission this year, 414th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 130th SpaceX mission of 2024, 430th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 134th SpaceX launch this year, 446th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

Bandwagon-2

Bandwagon-2 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.

425 Project Flight 3

Launch of the third satellite in a contract of 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 satellite featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope. The other 4 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be launched at a later date.

They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning.

The project is led by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems, and Thales Alenia Space.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | TBD ~~2024-12-22, 05:00~~ | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | TBD ~~2024-12-22, 00:00 (EST)~~ | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | 1077-17 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Customer | Astranis | | Payload | 4 MicroGEO satellites | | Payload mass | 1600 kg | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | (scrub) | | Spaceflight Now | (scrub) | | NASASpaceflight | (scrub) | | The Launch Pad | (scrub) | | SpaceX | (scrub) | | The Space Devs | |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 62nd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ TBD ~~5 days, X:XX:00 turnaround for this pad~~

☑️ 63rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 91st landing on ASOG

☑️ 390th Falcon family booster landing, 404th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 129th Falcon 9 mission this year, 415th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 131st SpaceX mission of 2024, 431st mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 135th SpaceX launch this year, 447th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch 4 MicroGEO satellites for Astranis. The satellites are designed to be much smaller than typical GEO sats and are therefore deployed closer to GEO, cutting down on the time between deployment and operation.

Of the four satellites, one named "AGILA" will provide broadband access to the Philippines through Orbits Corp, two named "NuView-A and NuView-B" will be leased to Anuvu to provide internet connectivity to airplanes and cruise ships, and the final satellite named "UtilitySat", which will be reconfigurable on orbit, will temporarily provide replacement services for the failed Arcturus satellite.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-17, 22:26 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-17, 17:26 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | 1090-1 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | O3b mPOWER 7 & 8 | | Customer | SES | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Medium Earth Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEnFXW2p0OY | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NborEAJneK4 | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bDFifZnfI | | The Launch Pad | none | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1869143869264126054 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv46p9wy46Y |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 24th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 12 days, 6:16:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 61st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 101st landing on JRTI

☑️ 388th Falcon family booster landing, 402nd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 127th Falcon 9 mission this year, 413th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 129th SpaceX mission of 2024, 429th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 133rd SpaceX launch this year, 445th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

The O3b mPOWER satellites are improved second-generation satellites for the SES-owned O3b Networks.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-17, 13:19 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-17, 05:19 (PST) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | 1063-22 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | NROL-149 | | Customer | US National Reconnaissance Office | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to desired orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbXgzT_hu4 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZT6K_ZanM | | NASASpaceflight | none | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskDj_zaa3g | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1869006526578671981 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFoptpscX0 |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 44th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 11:24:20 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 60th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 115th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 387th Falcon family booster landing, 401st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 126th Falcon 9 mission this year, 412th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 128th SpaceX mission of 2024, 428th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 132nd SpaceX launch this year, 444th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

Sixth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

Named Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 (RRT-1), this mission was a U.S. national security space launch and was also intended to demonstrate military capabilities to condense a typical two-year mission planning cycle to less than six months.

Now we know what "RRT" stands for.

The payload, GPS III SV-07, is the seventh satellite of the GPS III constellation, built by Lockheed Martin. The satellite had been previously slated for a late 2025 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket but was reassigned to a SpaceX Falcon 9 this summer.

“We decided to pull SV-07 out of storage and try to get it to the launch pad as quickly as possible,” Col. James Horne, senior materiel leader for launch execution at the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, told SpaceNews. “It’s our way of demonstrating that we can be responsive to operator needs with NSSL-class missions.”

Confirmation that this was satellite #7, not #10, as had been previously speculated.

The decision to accelerate the launch of SV-07 was made in mid-2024 when uncertainty around the Vulcan rocket’s readiness led Space Force leaders to reassess their options. Horne emphasized that this move was less about Vulcan delays and more about testing the boundaries of the NSSL program’s flexibility. “This is a way for us to demonstrate to adversaries that we can be responsive,” he said.

ULA’s Vulcan rocket is still awaiting official certification to launch NSSL missions. The vehicle was originally assigned three GPS III launches — SV-07, SV-08 and SV-09 — and SpaceX got SV-10.

Horne said the satellites have been remanifested. Because SV-07 was reassigned to SpaceX, ULA will get to launch SV-10.

Currently no change in the total number of GPS launches SpaceX and ULA are each assigned, they just swapped #7 and #10 because Falcon was ready and Vulcan was not.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-17, 00:52 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-16, 19:52 (EST) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1085-4 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Payload | GPS Block III | | Customer | US Space Force | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Medium Earth Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvwfwtWB_18 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_-Bb0G8kfw | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZDlyQ1c9OA | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSzrSaLi68U | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1868818906900828466 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knv7ysseMSQ |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 61st launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 8 days, 19:38:30 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 59th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 91st landing on ASOG

☑️ 386th Falcon family booster landing, 400th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 125th Falcon 9 mission this year, 411th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 127th SpaceX mission of 2024, 427th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 131st SpaceX launch this year, 443rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

GPS III (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution of the third generation of GPS satellites. The U.S. Air Force announced in May 2008 that a team led by Lockheed Martin had won the competition to build the next-generation Global Positioning System (Navstar) Space System program, known as GPS III.

This program will improve position, navigation, and timing services for warfighter and civil users worldwide and provide advanced anti-jam capabilities yielding superior system security, accuracy, and reliability.

When fully deployed, the GPS III constellation will feature a cross-linked command and control architecture, allowing the entire GPS constellation to be updated simultaneously from a single ground station. Additionally, a new spot beam capability for enhanced military (M-Code) coverage and increased resistance to hostile jamming will be incorporated. These enhancements will improve accuracy and ensure availability for military and civilian users worldwide.

Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1868288055226056725

• B1067 is in first place with 24 flights.
• B1063 in second place with 21 flights.
• B1069 and B1071 tied for third place at 20 flights.
• B1073 and B1076 tied for fourth place at 19 flights.
• B1077 in fifth place at 16 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1868288059588178086

Starlink Group 11-2 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-12-13 19:29 UTC, or 2024-12-13 11:29 local time (PST). B1082-9 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOYar4WidI
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qOt0UXcvfU
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNH3G1RRjew (not dedicated, but includes some coverage)
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR19P_YpnQA
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1867688407495061796
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcLqC6F35dg

Starlink Group 12-5 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-12-08 05:12 UTC, or 2024-12-08 00:12 local time (EST). Booster to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight page

First stage supporting this mission is either B1072 or B1086, which both previously supported GOES-U.

Edit: Booster has been confirmed as B1086.

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6U-S04dnL0
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ps1PByBfg
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7MNg-n0V4
• The Launch Pad: none
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1865623707189903749
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdm_7bv0Ekw

The webcasts for the past three launches out of Vandenberg California haven't gone live until Falcon 9 is well away from the pad. Any guesses as to why SpaceX is suddenly reluctant to show us the pad and surrounding area?

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-05, 16:10 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-05, 11:10 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1076-19 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | SXM-9 | | Customer | Sirius XM | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBrraqiXYiU | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWPqFNsR0O4V | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtjqot_pne4 | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad/streams | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1864701073627468204 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvbYarntqE |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 23rd launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 8 days, 11:29:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 56th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 101st landing on JRTI

☑️ Falcon family booster landing, 397th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 122nd Falcon 9 mission this year, 408th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 124th SpaceX mission of 2024, 424th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 128th SpaceX launch this year, 440th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

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. 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.

Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1864491686652727775

• B1067 is the first booster to launch and land for the 24th time!
• B1063 in second place with 21 flights.
• B1069 and B1071 tied for third place at 20 flights.
• B1073 in fourth place at 19 flights.
• B1076 in fifth place at 18 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1864491704398827552

Starlink Group 9-14 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-12-05 03:05 UTC, or 2024-12-04 19:05 local time (PST). B1081-12 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7Xnn_XzaA
• Spaceflight Now: none
• NASASpaceflight: none
• The Launch Pad:
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1864506448174305477
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ekNXy7x63c

Starlink Group 6-70 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-12-04 10:13 UTC, or 2024-12-04 10:13 local time (EST). Booster 1067-24 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight page

B1067 will become the first booster to launch for its 24th time.

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05KZAj0mq9Y
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAV-PCbDobo
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfEk27azKw
• The Launch Pad: none
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1864250526311043450
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZt2I6jLsQ