Falcon 9 Block 5

Status

Success

SXM-7

Launch Time
Sun Dec 13, 2020 17:30 UTC

First reuse of fairings on a commercial launch. One of Falcon 9's fairing halves previously flew on the ANASIS-II mission.

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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

Details

Vehicles

Just Read the Instructions

B1051

Flight #7

56 day turnaround

84th Falcon recovery attempt

73rd successful Falcon recovery

19th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

SXM-7

SXM-7 is a radio satellite operated by Sirius XM and built by SSL. During configuration after it arrived in orbit, unfixable issues with the satellite's systems were discovered. The satellite was declared a total loss.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 7,000.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2020

105th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

111th mission

25th mission of 2020

105th successful mission

77th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

103rd mission

25th mission of 2020

100th successful mission

74th consecutive successful mission