Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-01-10, 03:53 |
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Scheduled for (local) | 2025-01-09, 19:53 (PST) |
Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA |
Booster | 1071-22 |
Landing | Of Course I Still Love You |
Payload | NROL-153 |
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=UhDr6PsRfik |
Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks_Y_3yVI8w |
NASASpaceflight | none |
The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0PohMYcpH8 |
SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1877561087161508023 |
The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyu2ox9qco |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 1st launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 12 days, 1:54:30 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 4th Falcon 9 mission this year, 422nd Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 4th SpaceX mission of 2025, 438th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 4th SpaceX launch this year, 453rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
☑️ 70th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 117th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 396th Falcon family booster landing, 411th Falcon recovery attempt
Mission info
Seventh 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.
Hosted webcast has started. Zachary Luppen is hosting.
Fairing halves are flying for their 16th and 9th times.