Falcon 9 launch timeline with SXM 8 – Spaceflight Now – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SXM 8 radio broadcasting satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.
The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida during a one-hour, 59-minute launch window opening at 12:26 a.m. EDT (0426 GMT) Sunday.
Perched atop the rocket is the SXM 8 radio broadcasting satellite, a spacecraft manufactured…

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