Falcon 9 Delivers 15,000-Pound SiriusXM Satellite to Orbit Written 29 June 2026
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 21, 2026 at 12:39 p.m. EDT (9:39 a.m. PDT) | Credit: VideoFromSpace; YouTube; Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched a big SiriusXM radio satellite to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday night (June 28). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the 15,400-pound (7,000 kilograms) SXM-11 spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Sunday at 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 GMT on June 29).”
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 15,000-pound satellite for SiriusXM (Launch occurs at the 1:00:19 mark)
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