Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-11-11, 17:07
Scheduled for (local) 2024-11-11, 12:07 (EST)
Launch site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Booster B1067-23
Landing Landing Zone 1
Payload KoreaSat 6A
Customer KT SAT, subsidiary of KT Corporation
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcG3fqE08RE
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhsYugEZ2FA
NASASpaceflight
The Launch Pad
SpaceX
The Space Devs

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 20th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 6 days, 14:37:29 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 40th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 47th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 367th Falcon family booster landing, 377th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 107th Falcon 9 mission this year, 393rd Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 109th SpaceX mission of 2024, 409th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 112th SpaceX launch this year, 423rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the Koreasat 6 launched in 2010.

Koreasat 6A will be based on the manufacturer’s Spacebus 4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh about 3.5 metric tons at launch. It will be designed to operate for at least 15 years.