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  • June 21, 2024
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SpaceX successfully launched the Astra 1P/SES-24 satellite from Spaceport 40 in Cape Canaveral. This came after the spaceport went 13 days without any launches, which is extremely rare.

SpaceX has already landed Falcon 9 on a floating platform 250 times

SpaceX successfully launched the Astra 1P/SES-24 satellite from Spaceport 40 in Cape Canaveral. This came after the spaceport went 13 days without any launches, which is extremely rare. But all this time the weather conditions got in the way. The company had to abandon the Starlink 10-2 mission last Friday due to heavy rain and storm that were interrupted before the launch.


The Astra 1P/SES-24 payload is a communications satellite for the European communications organizations SES and Astra. The Ku-band geostationary satellite, developed by Thales Alenia Space, will provide satellite television services for Germany, France and Spain. According to the SES website, Astra satellites have been providing television and radio broadcasting in Germany since 1988.

Following the launch, the Falcon 9’s first stage launch vehicle landed on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship. According to SpaceX, this is the 250th landing of the first stage on a floating platform.

Source: Port Altele

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