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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-17, 22:28 | |


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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-17, 17:28 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1077-16 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Payload | Optus-X/TD7 | | Customer | Optus | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUgL7P8LrOk | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9a0aMJ7Lyo | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p11tCjqKN5I | The Launch Pad | none | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1858273649871982643 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uy2bWZN4S0

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 21st launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 6 days, 5:06:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 44th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 85th landing on ASOG

☑️ 371st Falcon family booster landing, 381st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 111th Falcon 9 mission this year, 397th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 113th SpaceX mission of 2024, 413th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 116th SpaceX launch this year, 427th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

An unannounced geostationary communication satellite built by Northrop Grumman, alleged for the Australian telecommunications operator Optus. Details TBD.

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[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago

Hosted webcast has started. Chris Gebhardt is hosting!

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago

Propellant load has started.

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

Fairing halves are flying for their 20th and 10th times.

Stage 1 RP-1 load is complete.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago

Stage 1 LOX load is complete.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago

Stage 2 LOX load is complete.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago
[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago

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

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago

SECO, nominal parking orbit.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!