Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-12-05, 16:10
Scheduled for (local) 2024-12-05, 11:10 (EST)
Launch site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Booster B1076-19
Landing Just Read the Instructions
Payload SXM-9
Customer Sirius XM
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBrraqiXYiU
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWPqFNsR0O4V
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtjqot_pne4
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad/streams
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1864701073627468204
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvbYarntqE

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 23rd launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 8 days, 11:29:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 56th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 101st landing on JRTI

☑️ Falcon family booster landing, 397th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 122nd Falcon 9 mission this year, 408th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 124th SpaceX mission of 2024, 424th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 128th SpaceX launch this year, 440th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

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. 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.