Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-8
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, 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-8
SXM-8 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. Satellite design operates 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-8 is meant to replace the XM-4 satellite. SXM-7 was meant to replace the XM-3, but suffered a failure in orbit 6 weeks after its launch.
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 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1061
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 23
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
scottm3
2021-06-06T12:38:13+0000
Launch successful via @Maxar twitter.
Nosu
2021-06-05T15:01:47+0000
Weather 70%
Nosu
2021-06-03T18:31:52+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2021-06-03T14:21:08+0000
Weather 60%
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-05-29T00:45:06+0000
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-05-26T00:52:44+0000
Launch apparently slipped to early June TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-05-06T14:59:54+0000
Added launch time.
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