Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-11-17, 22:28
Scheduled for (local) 2024-11-17, 17:28 (EST)
Launch site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Booster B1077-16
Landing A Shortfall of Gravitas
Payload Optus-X/TD7
Customer Optus
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUgL7P8LrOk
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9a0aMJ7Lyo
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p11tCjqKN5I
The Launch Pad none
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1858273649871982643
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uy2bWZN4S0

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 21st launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 6 days, 5:06:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 44th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 85th landing on ASOG

☑️ 371st Falcon family booster landing, 381st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 111th Falcon 9 mission this year, 397th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 113th SpaceX mission of 2024, 413th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 116th SpaceX launch this year, 427th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

An unannounced geostationary communication satellite built by Northrop Grumman, alleged for the Australian telecommunications operator Optus. Details TBD.