US EditionWATCH AGAIN: SpaceX ‘EchoStar XXV’ Mission Launches Out of Central Florida
- On March 10, 2026, SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral at 12:19 a.m. ET, carrying EchoStar XXV.
- Lanteris Space Systems built EchoStar XXV on the Lanteris 1300 Series bus; the spacecraft weighs over 6,500 kg with solar arrays spanning over 100 feet.
- Booster B1085, on its 14th flight, targeted a landing on the SpaceX droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas while the upper stage deployed EchoStar XXV about 35 minutes after liftoff to geosynchronous transfer orbit.
- DISH TV customers will receive service from EchoStar XXV as a direct-broadcast satellite across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, expanding capacity for Dish Network's about 7 million pay-TV subscribers with steerable beams.
- The launch used an overnight window at 11:14–11:19 p.m. ET, with a 90% chance of good weather and a backup available on Tuesday.
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WATCH AGAIN: SpaceX ‘EchoStar XXV’ mission launches out of Central Florida
SpaceX has announced the upcoming launch of the EchoStar XXV mission from Central Florida early Tuesday morning.The launch sent a television satellite into orbit for Dish Network, an EchoStar subsidiary, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.Falcon 9 is vertical at pad 40 in Florida ahead of tonight’s launch of the @EchoStar XXV mission. Liftoff is now targeted for 12:19 a.m. ET, and weather is >95% favorable → htt…
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch direct television satellite for EchoStar
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the EchoStar-25 mission. Image: SpaceX A direct television satellite for Dish Network, a subsidiary of EchoStar, is set to head into geostationary Earth orbit on Monday night aboard a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral. The satellite, EchoStar 25, will initially fly to a geosyn…
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