| 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
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.