Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-17, 13:19 |
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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 |
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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.
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation. These fairing halves are flying for their 9th and 10th times.