Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-9
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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.
Sirius SXM-9
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.
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
Updates
hitura-nobad
2024-11-20T21:14:00+0000
Targeting around 11 a.m. local on Dec 2 for liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-14T15:41:00+0000
NET December 2.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-09T07:20:00+0000
NET early December.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-20T03:24:00+0000
NET late November.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-24T03:51:47+0000
NET October.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-31T16:00:00+0000
Added launch.
