| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-01-04, 01:27 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-01-03, 20:27 (EST) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | 1073-20 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Customer | Astranis | | Payload | 4 MicroGEO satellites | | Payload mass | 5000 kg | | 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=JWvFLGnw2zE | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_qRqzDu4Ps | | NASASpaceflight | https://youtube.com/watch?v=xjyYRhbP0Gg | | The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uhu-0NmFiGU | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1875350392487182454 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmBLV-ppU88 |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 1st launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 5 days, 20:27:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 1st Falcon 9 mission this year, 419th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 1st SpaceX mission of 2024, 435th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 1st SpaceX launch this year, 450th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
☑️ 67th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 92nd landing on ASOG
☑️ 393rd Falcon family booster landing, 408th Falcon recovery attempt
Mission info
Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based Yahsat. Based on the all-electric Airbus Eurostar-Neo Platform, Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a large 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing providing advanced routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.
Propellant load has begun.