Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-12-17, 13:19
Scheduled for (local) 2024-12-17, 05:19 (PST)
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Booster 1063-22
Landing Of Course I Still Love You
Payload NROL-149
Customer US National Reconnaissance Office
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to desired orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbXgzT_hu4
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZT6K_ZanM
NASASpaceflight none
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskDj_zaa3g
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1869006526578671981
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFoptpscX0

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 44th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 11:24:20 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 60th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 115th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 387th Falcon family booster landing, 401st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 126th Falcon 9 mission this year, 412th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 128th SpaceX mission of 2024, 428th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 132nd SpaceX launch this year, 444th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Sixth 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.

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    21 hours ago

    MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation. These fairing halves are flying for their 9th and 10th times.