SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sirius SXM-9
Launched
December 5, 2024 · 16:10 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Sirius SXM-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on December 5, 2024 at 16:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:10 to 17:40 UTC. It was SpaceX's 439th launch, 128th this year and humanity's 6,827th orbital launch attempt. It was the 351st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 122nd this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). SXM-9, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 199 × 23,651 km orbit inclined 27.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 21 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-68 · 655 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 351st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 122nd this yearSpaceX's 439th launch128th this yearhumanity's 6,827th orbital launch attempt238th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
SXM-9 · NORAD 62259 · 2024-234 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SIRIUS XM-9
- Object ID
- 2024-234A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-06 16:51:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 3.50802538 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.6409031
- Inclination
- 27.0358°
- Ascending node
- 152.0511°
- Arg. of perigee
- 175.6905°
- Mean anomaly
- 195.1868°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0.0028617
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+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M30SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M41SSES-1
- T+3M27SFairing Separation
- T+6M17SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M42SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M6SSECO-1
- T+8M7SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+31M52SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- SXM-9 · NORAD 62259 · in orbit
Falcon 9-409 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
191st launch from Launch Complex 39A, 23rd this year · 249th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 5, 11:10 AM EST, in daylight
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
8 days 11 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/5/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/5/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/5/2024 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2024 · source
Updating launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2024 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2024 · source
Added tentative launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2024 · source
Reverted back to NET early December.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/26/2024 · source
Updated launch pad.
hitura-nobad · 11/24/2024 · source
Questions
When did Sirius SXM-9 launch?
Sirius SXM-9 launched on December 5, 2024 at 16:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:10 to 17:40 UTC.
Where can I watch Sirius SXM-9?
Coverage: SpaceX Sirius SXM-9; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - SiriusXM-9 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - October 5, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center with Sirius XM satellite. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Sirius SXM-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Sirius SXM-9 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 5, 11:10 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Sirius SXM-9 reach?
SXM-9, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 199 × 23,651 km orbit inclined 27.0°.
How many satellites did Sirius SXM-9 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).