SpaceX Targets June 28 Launch of 15,400-Pound SXM-11 on 17th Falcon 9 Flight
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Updated · Space.com · Jun 28
SpaceX Targets June 28 Launch of 15,400-Pound SXM-11 on 17th Falcon 9 Flight
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Jun 28
Summary
Cape Canaveral is set to host a Falcon 9 liftoff at 10:25 p.m. EDT on June 28, carrying SiriusXM's 15,400-pound SXM-11 satellite during a four-hour launch window.
SXM-11 is headed for geosynchronous transfer orbit, with deployment planned 34.5 minutes after launch before the spacecraft raises itself into its final operating orbit.
Booster B1085 is slated to land on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, marking its 17th flight if the mission proceeds as planned.
SXM-11 will join SiriusXM's seven-satellite radio fleet; SpaceX previously launched SXM-8 in 2021, SXM-9 in 2024 and SXM-10 in 2025.
The mission would be SpaceX's 76th Falcon 9 flight of 2026, extending a launch cadence in which about 80% of missions this year have supported Starlink.