| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-06, 03:20 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-09-05, 20:20 (PDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA |
| Booster | B1063-20 |
| Landing | Of Course I Still Love You |
| Payload | NROL-113 |
| Customer | National Reconnaissance Office |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to LEO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEHplxmatco |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGUkhL4FCIQ |
| NASASpaceflight | |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-QXLkgPp48 |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1831892881591689372 |
| The Space Devs |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 17th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 29th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 5 days, 18:32:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 56 day turnaround for B1063
☑️ 101st landing on OCISLY
☑️ 346th Falcon Family Booster landing, 357th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 86th Falcon 9 mission this year, 372nd Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 87th SpaceX mission of 2024, 387th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 89th SpaceX launch this year, 400th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Third batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
M-vac shutdown. No views of the second stage, at the request of the NRO. Webcast ending.