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Astra 1P/SES-24

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Astra 1P/SES-24

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Falcon 9 Block 5
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Thursday June 20 2024, 21:35:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
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Mission

ASTRA 1P, 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 Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:16:00

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:07:00

Engine Chill

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:01:12

Max-Q

T+00:02:31

MECO

T+00:02:35

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:42

SES-1

T+00:04:27

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:25

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:50

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:08:09

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:11

SECO-1

T+00:08:33

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:26:38

SES-2

T+00:27:37

SECO-2

T+00:34:48

Payload Separation

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
WindowThursday June 20 2024, 21:35:00 UTC→Friday June 21 2024, 00:24:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon
Height70 m
Diameter3.7 m
Stages2
ReusableYes
LEO capacity22,800 kg
Track record606/607 successful
Landings593/598
Launch CodexDossier

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Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.562, -80.577
Scrub riskLOW
Go92%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go92%LL2 Go60%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud50%Temp27°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 1516 · upper-level wind 30 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1080
active9th flight
Flights28
Landings28/28100%
Fastest turn13d 12h
Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 648 km downrange
28d 19h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Axiom Space Mission 2 Crew Dragon mission.

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