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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sirius SXM-8
Launched
June 6, 2021
Summary
SXM-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 6, 2021. It was SpaceX's 139th launch, 22nd this year and humanity's 6,088th orbital launch attempt. It was the 65th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 18th this year. Booster B1061 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). SXM-8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 242 × 19,390 km orbit inclined 27.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 SXM-8The Space Devs
- SXM-8 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 65th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 18th this yearSpaceX's 139th launch22nd this yearhumanity's 6,088th orbital launch attempt51st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SXM-8 · NORAD 48838 · 2021-049 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-049A
- Epoch
- 2021-06-06 02:19:23 UTC
- Mean motion
- 4.21569463 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.5914719
- Inclination
- 27.0064°
- Ascending node
- 154.1327°
- Arg. of perigee
- 174.4319°
- Mean anomaly
- 198.9136°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- SXM-8 · NORAD 48838 · in orbit
Falcon 9-121 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SXM-8 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. Satellite design operates 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-8 is meant to replace the XM-4 satellite. SXM-7 was meant to replace the XM-3, but suffered a failure in orbit 6 weeks after its launch.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
128th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 11th this year · 823rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch successful via @Maxar twitter.
Show 6 earlier updates
Questions
When did SXM-8 launch?
SXM-8 launched on June 6, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SXM-8?
Coverage: Falcon 9 SXM-8; SXM-8 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched SXM-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did SXM-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1061 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did SXM-8 reach?
SXM-8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 242 × 19,390 km orbit inclined 27.0°.
How many satellites did SXM-8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).