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SpaceX Successfully Launches TD7/Optus-X Mission from Kennedy Space Center at 5:28 pm EST

Nov 17, 2024, 09:13 PM

SpaceX successfully launched the TD7/Optus-X mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A at 5:28 pm EST (2228 UTC) on November 17, 2024. The mission, which involves deploying an Australian telecom satellite to geotransfer orbit, marks the 16th flight of the Falcon 9 booster B1077. The booster is set to land on the droneship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The launch was initially scheduled for 4:29 pm EST but was delayed multiple times before the final liftoff.