Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-12-21, 03:39
Scheduled for (local) 2024-12-20, 22:39 (EST)
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Booster 1077-17
Landing A Shortfall of Gravitas
Customer Astranis
Payload 4 MicroGEO satellites
Payload mass 1600 kg
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19mgjpnAPVM
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLV-HFOTqyA
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtMP0mMP5ug
SpaceX
The Space Devs

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 62nd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 4 days, 2:47:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 62nd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 91st landing on ASOG

☑️ 388th Falcon family booster landing, 403rd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 128th Falcon 9 mission this year, 414th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 130th SpaceX mission of 2024, 430th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 134th SpaceX launch this year, 445th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch 4 MicroGEO satellites for Astranis. The satellites are designed to be much smaller than typical GEO sats and are therefore deployed closer to GEO, cutting down on the time between deployment and operation.

Of the four satellites, one named “AGILA” will provide broadband access to the Philippines through Orbits Corp, two named “NuView-A and NuView-B” will be leased to Anuvu to provide internet connectivity to airplanes and cruise ships, and the final satellite named “UtilitySat”, which will be reconfigurable on orbit, will temporarily provide replacement services for the failed Arcturus satellite.