28-06-2026 14:00 via space.com

SpaceX launches 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit from Florida

SpaceX launched a big SiriusXM radio satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Sunday night (June 28).A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the 15,400-pound (7,000 kilograms) SXM-11 spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Sundayat 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 GMT on June 29).The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth for a landing about 8.5 minutes after launch as planned, touching down in the Atlantic Ocean on the SpaceX drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas."SiriusXM's SXM-11 sat
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