Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-7
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 116th launch · 28th this year · humanity's 6,028th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 13, 16:22 – Dec 13, 18:21 UTC
Flight preview
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.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
- B1051 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 13 · zone record 156/157
Watch
- Falcon 9 SXM-7 Full Flight — The Space Devs
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Updates
Payload health after separation confirmed, marking success
spacevogel · 12/13/2020 · source
Nosu · 12/13/2020 · source
SwGustav · 12/11/2020 · source
Nosu · 12/11/2020 · source
New launch time
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2020 · source
weather 90%
SwGustav · 12/11/2020 · source
adjusting window
SwGustav · 12/11/2020 · source
Delaying by a day and setting go
SwGustav · 12/8/2020 · source
SwGustav · 12/1/2020 · source
