Mission and payload info

ASTRA 1P/SES-24, a classic wide-beam satellite, will support SES’s prime TV neighbourhood and enable content owners, private and public broadcasters across Germany, France and Spain to continue broadcasting satellite TV channels in the highest-picture quality in the most cost-efficient manner. It will be based on the full electric and powerful Spacebus NEO platform developed by Thales Alenia Space and already flight proven in orbit.

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission webpage

Launch info

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-06-20, 21:35 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-09-20, 17:35 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida | | Payload | Astra 1P/SES-24 | | Booster | 1080-9 | | Landing site | Just Read the Instructions | | Customer | SES | | 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=Q0GbUpBRyZg (scrub) | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VrpR4VpPxU (scrub) | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkLX2-zHFA (scrub) | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya8S35BJ02c (scrub) | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803900982696308743 (scrub) | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBOGzEwsxyo |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 30th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 12 days, 19:39:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 84th landing on JRTI

☑️ 62nd Falcon 9 launch this year, 63rd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 271st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 321st Falcon Family Booster landing, 331st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 362nd SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 375th SpaceX launch all time (including Starship hops)