SpaceX.com reported the launch and mission as follows, “On Thursday, June 20 at 5:35 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched the SES ASTRA 1P mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.”
This was the ninth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Ax-2, Euclid, Ax-3, CRS-30, and four Starlink missions.”
https://en.wikipedia.org adds more information about the mission, “Ordered by SES in 2021 from Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Astra 1P is a classic wide-beam broadcasting satellite based on the all-electric Spacebus NEO satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France. The satellite has 80 physical Ku-band transponders with bandwidth filters, capable of broadcasting up to 500 HDTV channels.”
Please use the following spaceX.com link for a replay of the launch and description of the mission.
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