| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-17, 22:28 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-17, 17:28 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1077-16 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Payload | Optus-X/TD7 | | Customer | Optus | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUgL7P8LrOk | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9a0aMJ7Lyo | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p11tCjqKN5I | The Launch Pad | none | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1858273649871982643 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uy2bWZN4S0

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 21st launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 6 days, 5:06:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 44th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 85th landing on ASOG

☑️ 371st Falcon family booster landing, 377th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 111th Falcon 9 mission this year, 397th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 113th SpaceX mission of 2024, 413th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 116th SpaceX launch this year, 427th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

An unannounced geostationary communication satellite built by Northrop Grumman, alleged for the Australian telecommunications operator Optus. Details TBD.