WATCH REPLAY: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Carrying SXM-8 Digital Radio Satellite into Orbit
By Space Coast Daily // June 6, 2021
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WATCH REPLAY: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 12:26 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the company’s 18th launch of the year. It carried the SXM-8 digital radio satellite into orbit for customer Sirius XM.
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 12:26 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the company’s 18th launch of the year. It carried the SXM-8 digital radio satellite into orbit for customer Sirius XM.
Approximately 9 minutes later, the booster’s first stage returned to Earth, landing on one of SpaceX’s two drone ships, called “Just Read The Instructions” stationed east of Brevard in the Atlantic Ocean.
The SpaceX launch is their second Falcon 9 rocket launch in three days.
The satellite will replenish SiriusXM’s fleet providing satellite radio programming to consumers across North America.
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