SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
O3b mPower 7 & 8
Launched
December 17, 2024 · 22:26 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
O3b mPower 7 & 8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on December 17, 2024 at 22:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:59 to 22:26 UTC. It was SpaceX's 444th launch, 133rd this year and humanity's 6,837th orbital launch attempt. It was the 356th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 127th this year. Booster B1090 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b mPOWER F7, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,682 × 7,009 km orbit inclined 8.8°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX O3b mPower 7 & 8The Space Devs
- 🚀SpaceX Launches O3b mPOWER-ENASASpaceflight
- SES O3b mPOWER MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1090 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 660 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)for SES
- Milestone
- 356th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 127th this yearSpaceX's 444th launch133rd this yearhumanity's 6,837th orbital launch attempt248th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
O3b mPOWER F7 · NORAD 62362 · 2024-244 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-244A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-18 05:21:43 UTC
- Mean motion
- 7.3086487 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1928985
- Inclination
- 8.8493°
- Ascending node
- 255.3626°
- Arg. of perigee
- 181.2558°
- Mean anomaly
- 17.6163°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: MEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M30SMECO
- T+2M33SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M41SSES-1
- T+3M30SFairing Separation
- T+6M20SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M46SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M58SSECO-1
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M33SStage 1 Landing
- T+27MSES-2
- T+27M32SSECO-2
- T+1H49M35SSES-3
- T+1H50M4SSECO-3
- T+1H53M5SPayload Separation
- T+2H15SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- O3b mPOWER F7 · NORAD 62362 · in orbit
- O3b mPOWER F8 · NORAD 62363 · in orbit
Falcon 9-411 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Seventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
192nd launch from Launch Complex 39A, 24th this year · 250th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 17, 5:26 PM EST, in twilight
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Spacecrafts separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/18/2024 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 12/17/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/17/2024 · source
Now targeting Dec 17 at 22:26 UTC
hitura-nobad · 12/17/2024 · source
Now targeting Dec 17 at 22:00 UTC
hitura-nobad · 12/17/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2024 · source
Weather is 55% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad · 12/16/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2024 · source
NET December 17.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2024 · source
Questions
When did O3b mPower 7 & 8 launch?
O3b mPower 7 & 8 launched on December 17, 2024 at 22:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:59 to 22:26 UTC.
Where can I watch O3b mPower 7 & 8?
Coverage: SpaceX O3b mPower 7 & 8; 🚀SpaceX Launches O3b mPOWER-E; SES O3b mPOWER Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b mPower 7 & 8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did O3b mPower 7 & 8 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 17, 5:26 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1090 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did O3b mPower 7 & 8 reach?
O3b mPOWER F7, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,682 × 7,009 km orbit inclined 8.8°.
How many satellites did O3b mPower 7 & 8 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).