| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-17, 22:26 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-17, 17:26 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | 1090-1 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | O3b mPOWER 7 & 8 | | Customer | SES | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Medium Earth Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEnFXW2p0OY | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NborEAJneK4 | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bDFifZnfI | | The Launch Pad | none | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1869143869264126054 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv46p9wy46Y |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 24th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 12 days, 6:16:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 61st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 101st landing on JRTI

☑️ 388th Falcon family booster landing, 402nd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 127th Falcon 9 mission this year, 413th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 129th SpaceX mission of 2024, 429th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 133rd SpaceX launch this year, 445th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

The O3b mPOWER satellites are improved second-generation satellites for the SES-owned O3b Networks.