Launch Mission: SXM-7

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 111

Details: SpaceX will launch the first of two next generation high power S-band broadcast satellites for SiriusXM. The spacecraft will be delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit and the booster will be recovered downrange. The spacecraft is built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) on the SSL 1300 platform and includes two solar arrays producing 20kW, and an unfurlable antenna dish. SXM-7 will replace XM-3 in geostationary orbit.

🚀 Rocket Details

Name: Falcon 9

Type: rocket

📍 Launchpad Details

Name: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40

Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida

🛰️ Cores

• Core Serial: B1051 — Reuse Count: 12View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

• Payload: SXM-7 — Mass: 7000 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

• Name: Just Read The Instructions 2 — Type: BargeView Ship
• Name: Finn Falgout — Type: TugView Ship
• Name: Megan — Type: CargoView Ship

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