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Sirius SXM-9

Name: Sirius SXM-9 launch
Start: 2024-12-05T16:10:00+00:00
End: 2024-12-05T17:40:00+00:00
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceXLaunch Complex 39A

Thursday, December 5, 2024 · 04:10 PM UTC

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Mission Brief

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. It is expected that SXM-9 will launch in 2024. 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.

PayloadSirius SXM-9

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

CustomerSpaceX

Stages2

PadLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WeatherNone, temperature not reported

Mission Timeline

20 / 20100%

Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Global range

Latitude: 28.608°N
Longitude: 80.604°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

99%

Favorable1 active constraints

Weather Rules

None

Primary concern: None
Rule count: 1
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

04:10 PM UTC - 05:40 PM UTC

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...

Height70 m

LEO Payload22,800 kg

Launches850

Successes707

Provider

SpaceX

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...

Schedule History

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

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