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SXM-10 launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-06-07, 04:54 | |


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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-06-07, 00:54 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1085-8 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Payload | SXM-10 | | Payload mass | 6,400.0 kg | | Customer | Maxar Technologies / Sirius XM | | Target orbit | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |


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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vylueJ951Y | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJ7NAS-9YA | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtyFld_UMHI | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jsBRIwnugo | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1931210096693944751 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxFC1bXfMjI |

Stats

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☑️ 32nd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 3 days, 22:35:20 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 31 days, 3:06:40 hours since last launch of B1085

☑️ 112th landing on ASOG

☑️ 462nd Falcon family booster landing, 475th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 69th Falcon 9 mission this year, 487th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 69th SpaceX mission of 2025, 503rd overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 72nd SpaceX launch this year, 521st overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

SXM-10 is the 11th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-10 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. SXM-10 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Hosted webcast has started. Cori Brendel (Senior Software Engineer) and Somya Srivastava (Heatshield Engineer) are hosting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

NSF are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtyFld_UMHI

Propellant load is underway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

SES-2, SECO-2, and nominal orbit insertion.

SXM-10 deployment is scheduled for T+33 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Stage 1 landing confirmed and nominal orbit insertion!

SES-2 is scheduled for around T+26 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sirius XM-10 deployment confirmed!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago