NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

SXM-9

Launch Time
Thu Dec 05, 2024 16:10 UTC
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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $69.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship

Unknown Vehicle

Mission Details

SXM-9

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.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

2024

238th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

424th mission
124th mission of 2024

Falcon 9

408th mission
122nd mission of 2024