Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-11
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Launch Window
June 29, 2026, 2:25 a.m. - June 29, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
June 29, 2026, 2:25 a.m. - June 29, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches on a mission for the SiriusXM satellite radio service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Sunday, June 28, at 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 UTC). The first-stage Falcon 9 booster, serial number B1085, …
Launch Window: 10:25PM to 2:21AM Eastern June 28. Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the Sirius XM SXM-11 satellite to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) Booster: B1085-17; 30d 13h 27min 45s turnaround Past customer …
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.
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Liftoff.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage B1085 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 17th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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The 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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