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.

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission webpage

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)