Mission and payload info
ASTRA 1P/SES-24, a classic wide-beam satellite, will support SES’s prime TV neighbourhood and enable content owners, private and public broadcasters across Germany, France and Spain to continue broadcasting satellite TV channels in the highest-picture quality in the most cost-efficient manner. It will be based on the full electric and powerful Spacebus NEO platform developed by Thales Alenia Space and already flight proven in orbit.
Launch info
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-06-20, 21:35 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-09-20, 17:35 (EDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida |
| Payload | Astra 1P/SES-24 |
| Booster | 1080-9 |
| Landing site | Just Read the Instructions |
| Customer | SES |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to geostationary transfer orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0GbUpBRyZg (scrub) |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VrpR4VpPxU (scrub) |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkLX2-zHFA (scrub) |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya8S35BJ02c (scrub) |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803900982696308743 (scrub) |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBOGzEwsxyo |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 30th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 12 days, 19:39:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 84th landing on JRTI
☑️ 62nd Falcon 9 launch this year, 63rd SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 271st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 321st Falcon Family Booster landing, 331st Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 362nd SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 375th SpaceX launch all time (including Starship hops)
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803167890771988852
Falcon 9 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of today’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission, which is now targeted for 8:23 p.m. ET due to elevated winds at the launch site. Teams are continuing to monitor weather, which is currently 55% favorable
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1802825422549418305
Targeting tomorrow for two Falcon 9 launches from Florida and California
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1802825712010944688
Up first, Falcon 9 will launch the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida
Scrubbed due to weather: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803222530276336103
Standing down from today’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission due to unfavorable weather conditions in Florida. Now targeting tomorrow, June 19 for liftoff
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803214005877846327
Propellant load is underway for Falcon 9’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission from Florida. Teams are continuing to monitor winds
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters MECO Main Engine Cut-Off ~ MainEngineCutOff podcast SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off SES Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator ~ Second-stage Engine Start SLC-40 Space Launch Complex 40, Canaveral (SpaceX F9)
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Propellant load is underway, weather is looking good, and webcast is live!
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.
Liftoff!
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
SECO, norminal transfer orbital.
Hosted webcast is back for SES-2.
Edit: SECO-2 and norminal orbit insertion. Payload deploy scheduled for T+34 minutes.
Hosted webcast is back for payload deploy.
Edit: Deployment confirmed!
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1803490501628498334
Due to ongoing unfavorable weather at the launch and recovery sites, now targeting Thursday, June 20 for Falcon 9’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission from Florida. The ~3-hour window opens at 5:35 p.m. ET
