NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SXM-8

Launch Time
Sun Jun 06, 2021 04:26 UTC

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

Just Read the Instructions

B1061

Flight #3
44 day turnaround
98th Falcon recovery attempt
86th successful Falcon recovery
13th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

SXM-8

SXM-8 is the ninth high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. Built on Maxar’s 1300-class platform and designed to provide more than 15 years of service, SXM-8 is more than 8 meters tall and weighed nearly 7,000 kg at launch. SXM-8 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
Total Mass: 7,000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2021

51st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

130th mission
18th mission of 2021
124th successful mission
96th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

122nd mission
18th mission of 2021
119th successful mission
93rd consecutive successful mission