With SXM-7, SpaceX ready for company's 25th Falcon 9 launch of the year
SXM-7: SpaceX launches 25th Falcon 9 launch of the year December 13, 2020 Two days after a last-second scrub, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the SiriusXM-7 (SXM-7) high power broadcasting satellite. The Falcon 9 lofted SXM-7 to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). The SXM-7 mission will continue to break records SpaceX set in 2018. With 21 launches in 2018, SpaceX broke that record with the Sentinel-6A Michael Freilich mission in November 2020. The SXM-7 mission will mark the 25th flight of the year for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Payload and mission prep: SXM-7 is one of two satelli...
Source: nasaspaceflight.com