SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sirius SXM-11
Launched
June 29, 2026 · 02:25 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Sirius SXM-11 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 29, 2026 at 02:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:25 to 06:21 UTC. It was SpaceX's 697th launch, 78th this year and humanity's 7,327th orbital launch attempt. It was the 602nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 76th this year. Booster B1085 flew for the 17th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). It reached a 207 × 19,635 km orbit inclined 27.0°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- SpaceX Sirius SXM-11The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with satellite for SiriusXMSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches SXM-11NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1085 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed167/168 landed here · 30 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-53 · 655 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 602nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 76th this yearSpaceX's 697th launch78th this yearhumanity's 7,327th orbital launch attempt154th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
SIRIUS XM-11 · NORAD 69728 · 2026-148A · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SXM-11
- Object ID
- 2026-148A
- Epoch
- 2026-07-28 03:36:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00271605 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001815
- Inclination
- 0.0772°
- Ascending node
- 265.0612°
- Arg. of perigee
- 241.8329°
- Mean anomaly
- 92.6385°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 45
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M16SMax-Q
- T+2M28SMECO
- T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M39SSES-1
- T+3M27SFairing Separation
- T+6M17SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M44SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M4SSECO-1
- T+8M9SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M34SStage 1 Landing
- T+25M57SSES-2
- T+26M44SSECO-2
- T+34M35SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- SXM-11 · NORAD 69728 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SXM-11 is the 12th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Lanteris Space (ex-Maxar, Space System/Loral) for SiriusXM. The SXM-11 satellite will be based on the proven IM-1300 (ex-LS-1300)-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. SXM-11 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.
News
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 7.5-ton SiriusXM satellite as part of constellation refreshThe SXM-11 satellite was built by Intuitive Machines and is more than 230-feet-tall. Liftoff on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during a window that opens at 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 UTC).
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Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
390th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 36th this year · 1,117th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 28, 10:25 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 15 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/29/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/29/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 6/29/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 80% at start of window (90% at end).
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/28/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/22/2026 · source
NET June 29 UTC, TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/22/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2026 · source
Questions
When did Sirius SXM-11 launch?
Sirius SXM-11 launched on June 29, 2026 at 02:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:25 to 06:21 UTC.
Where can I watch Sirius SXM-11?
Coverage: SpaceX Sirius SXM-11; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with satellite for SiriusXM; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches SXM-11. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Sirius SXM-11?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Sirius SXM-11 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jun 28, 10:25 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1085 flew for the 17th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Sirius SXM-11 reach?
It reached a 207 × 19,635 km orbit inclined 27.0°.
How many satellites did Sirius SXM-11 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).