Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-7
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
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SpaceX
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 Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
SXM-7
SXM-7 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 the contract to build the two satellites based on their SSL-1300 bus - SXM-7 and SXM-8. Both operate in the S-band spectrum. Each satellite will generate more than 20-kW of power and will have a large unfurlable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. SXM-7 is meant to replace the XM-3 satellite.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 268
Consecutive Success 268
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1051
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 14
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
spacevogel
2020-12-13T19:20:14+0000
Payload health after separation confirmed, marking success
Nosu
2020-12-13T16:09:29+0000
SwGustav
2020-12-11T18:34:12+0000
Nosu
2020-12-11T16:36:06+0000
Cosmic_Penguin
2020-12-11T15:26:24+0000
New launch time
SwGustav
2020-12-11T13:51:02+0000
weather 90%
SwGustav
2020-12-11T02:16:56+0000
adjusting window
SwGustav
2020-12-08T00:26:40+0000
Delaying by a day and setting go
SwGustav
2020-12-01T19:23:59+0000
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