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On Thursday, December 5 at 11:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the SiriusXM SXM-9 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This was the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Instelsat IS-40e, O3B mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, and 10 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 booster landed on SpaceX’s drone ship Just Read the Instructions positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.
Full story here: spaceflightnow.com/2024/12/05/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-latest-broadcast-satellite-for-siriusxm-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-the-kennedy-space-center/
This was the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Instelsat IS-40e, O3B mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, and 10 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 booster landed on SpaceX’s drone ship Just Read the Instructions positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.
Full story here: spaceflightnow.com/2024/12/05/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-latest-broadcast-satellite-for-siriusxm-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-the-kennedy-space-center/
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