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April 11, 2026

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SpaceX launches SES’s Astra 1P television satellite following two weather scrubs

June 17, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX is preparing Thursday for its third attempt to launch the Astra 1P satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on behalf of one of its oldest customers: Luxembourg-based SES. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeting 5:35 p.m. EDT (2135 UTC) on Thursday, June 20.