SpaceX - Falcon 9 - O3b mPOWER 7 & 8 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - December 17, 2024

Launch Date: December 17, 2024
Launch Time: 5.26 p.m. ET, 2226 UTC, 2326 CET
Launch Window: 1 hour and 27 minutes
Launch Site: LC-39A Kennedy Space Center
Targeted Orbit: Medium Earth orbit (MEO)
Launch Inclination: East
Launch Status: Nominal Orbit Insertion
Landing: Droneship Just Read the Instructions (JRTI)

Mission: Optus-O3b mPOWER 7 & 8
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launch Contractor: SES
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster B1090)
Flight for the Booster: 1
Previous Flights of the Booster: None

Price: $69,75 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 m
Height: 70 meters
Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO
Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 Kilonnewtons
Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meter / Height 13 meter
Stages: 2

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, December 17, for a Falcon 9 launch of the SES O3b mPOWER mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The one-hour 27-minute launch window opens at 5.26 p.m. ET, 2226 UTC, 2326 CET If needed, a backup opportunity with the same window is available on December 18.

You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here: https://flightclub.io/live