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)