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ASTRA 1P/SES-24 Launch Thread (self.spacex)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
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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.

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)

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[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 6 months ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1802825422549418305

Targeting tomorrow for two Falcon 9 launches from Florida and California

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1802825712010944688

Up first, Falcon 9 will launch the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 6 months ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803214005877846327

Propellant load is underway for Falcon 9’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission from Florida. Teams are continuing to monitor winds

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Scrubbed due to weather: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803222530276336103

Standing down from today's launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission due to unfavorable weather conditions in Florida. Now targeting tomorrow, June 19 for liftoff

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hosted webcast is back for payload deploy.

Edit: Deployment confirmed!

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 6 months ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803167890771988852

Falcon 9 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of today’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission, which is now targeted for 8:23 p.m. ET due to elevated winds at the launch site. Teams are continuing to monitor weather, which is currently 55% favorable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
MECO Main Engine Cut-Off
~ MainEngineCutOff podcast
SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
SES Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator
~ Second-stage Engine Start
SLC-40 Space Launch Complex 40, Canaveral (SpaceX F9)

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[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Propellant load is underway, weather is looking good, and webcast is live!

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 6 months ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803490501628498334

Due to ongoing unfavorable weather at the launch and recovery sites, now targeting Thursday, June 20 for Falcon 9’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission from Florida. The ~3-hour window opens at 5:35 p.m. ET

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 6 months ago

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

SECO, norminal transfer orbital.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 6 months ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hosted webcast is back for SES-2.

Edit: SECO-2 and norminal orbit insertion. Payload deploy scheduled for T+34 minutes.