Another secret classified mission!

Scheduled for (UTC)	2024-02-14, 17:30
Scheduled for (local)	2024-02-14, 17:30 (EST)
Mission	Nova C (IM-1)
Launch site	SLC-40, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
Booster	B1078-7
Landing	LZ-2
Payloads	USSF-124 & SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer satellites
Customer	United States Space Force
Mission success criteria	Successful launch and delivery of payloads to desired orbit

Webcasts

Stream	Link
Space Affairs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylSyq2N8k1s
NASASpaceflight	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdpbgyWwVsY
Spaceflight Now	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8IMYhon1I
The Launch Pad	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOOyxkF6BY0
SpaceX	https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1757890317888663999#m
The Space Devs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY3XVBLa7Uk

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 6th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 6 days, 15:56:24 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 10th landing on LZ-2

☑️ 13th Falcon 9 launch this year, 299th Falcon 9 launch overall

☑️ 226th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 272st Falcon booster landing, 283st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 313th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 324rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)

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Mission info

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission website
• Spaceflight Now bulliten
• SpaceNews article
• NASASpaceFlight article

USSF-124 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It consists of 2 satellites, one by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman, to be launched as the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) mission for the US Missile Defense Agency. These satellites have improved sensitivity to detect and track hypersonic missiles with fainter signatures.

Four SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer missile warning satellites by L3Harris will be launched on USSF-124. These were scheduled to launch on SDA Tranche 0B but were taken off the manifest due to production delays.