Overview

• On July 22 at 5:12 p.m. EDT, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying the ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites to an orbit about 5,000 miles above Earth.
• A “hold” call halted the countdown at T-11 seconds on July 21 but a backup window the next day allowed teams to refill propellant and proceed with a healthy launch.
• The rocket’s first stage completed its sixth flight and touched down on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.
• SES now operates ten mPOWER satellites in medium-Earth orbit, with three more under construction for launch within the next 12 months.
• The flight marked SES’s 15th mission with SpaceX and SpaceX’s 89th Falcon 9 launch of 2025, though the cause of the initial abort has not been disclosed.