KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX on Thursday made good on its plans for another rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast.
The launch of the SiriusXM SXM-9 mission would send a satellite into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center, according to a news release.
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“SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM,” the space center’s website reads. “The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.”
This was the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first-stage booster used in this mission, which previously helped launch CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Instelsat IS-40e, O3B mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, and 10 Starlink missions.
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