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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-22, 21:12 | |


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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-07-22, 17:12 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1090-6 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | O3b mPOWER 9 & 10 | | Payload mass | 3400 kg | | Customer | SES | | Target orbit | MEO |

Webcasts

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YYusvzJz4 (scrub) | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams (scrub) | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams (scrub) | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5cLghoiXn0 (scrub) | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1947763085218910432 (scrub) | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_VdViVfUPQ |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 43rd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 6 days, 14:42:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 34 days, 15:16:50 turnaround for B1090

☑️ 128th landing on JRTI

☑️ 483rd Falcon family booster landing, 495th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 89th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 507th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 92nd SpaceX mission of 2025, 532rd overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 92nd SpaceX launch of 2025, 542nd overall (including Starship hops)

Mission info

The O3b mPOWER satellites are improved second-generation satellites for the SES-owned O3b Networks.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1947399970778452354

Propellant load is underway for today’s launch of the @SES_Satellites O3b mPOWER mission from SLC-40 in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 5:27 p.m. ET

Hosted webcast has started. Annie Cui (Recovery Operations Engineer) is hosting.

Fairings halves for this launch are flying for their 21st and 9th time.

SpaceX webcast ended, no information on the cause of the abort.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hold hold hold! Launch has been aborted!

Teams are moving into the offload procedure.

NSF are live for the second launch attempt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIFqMe1gUX0

Propellant loading is underway.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

SECO, and stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: Two more upper stage burns remain before payload deployment, there will be no webcast coverage.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation confirmed.

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1947797791453155449

Deployment of both O3b mPOWER satellites confirmed