Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-12-17, 22:26
Scheduled for (local) 2024-12-17, 17:26 (EST)
Launch site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Booster 1090-1
Landing Just Read the Instructions
Payload O3b mPOWER 7 & 8
Customer SES
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to Medium Earth Orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEnFXW2p0OY
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NborEAJneK4
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bDFifZnfI
The Launch Pad none
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1869143869264126054
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv46p9wy46Y

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 24th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 12 days, 6:16:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 61st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 101st landing on JRTI

☑️ 388th Falcon family booster landing, 402nd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 127th Falcon 9 mission this year, 413th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 129th SpaceX mission of 2024, 429th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 133rd SpaceX launch this year, 445th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

The O3b mPOWER satellites are improved second-generation satellites for the SES-owned O3b Networks.