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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches EchoStar 25 TV direct broadcast satellite from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the EchoStar 25 direct broadcast satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, at 12:19 a.m. EDT (0419 UTC). The high-power satellite, built …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Echostar XXV

Launch window: March 9th from 11:14PM EDT to 1:43AM EDT (03:14-05:43 UTC on the 10th) Current T0: March 9th at 11:14PM EDT (03:14 UTC on the 10th) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the Echostar XXV satellite for Echostar Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, …

EchoStar XXV Mission

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EchoStar 25

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Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 99%
B1085 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

EchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite, built on the proven Maxar 1300 series platform, which will deliver content across North America. It will be equipped with a high-power, multi-spot beam payload, allowing DISH to provide high-quality content to its customers.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • March 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 10, 2026, 4:55 a.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 10, 2026, 4:19 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • March 10, 2026, 4:02 a.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • March 10, 2026, 2:45 a.m.

Updated launch weather, >95% GO.


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
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  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1085

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: August 20, 2024
Last Flight: June 29, 2026
Flights: 17
Landings Attempted: 17
Landings Successful: 17
Previous B1085 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 1st stage B1085 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 14th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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