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)
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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
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/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
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
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!
Hosted webcast is back for payload deploy.
Edit: Deployment confirmed!
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
SECO, norminal transfer orbital.
Liftoff!
Hosted webcast is back for SES-2.
Edit: SECO-2 and norminal orbit insertion. Payload deploy scheduled for T+34 minutes.
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
