It’s been a few weeks since the last non-Starlink launch!

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-05-22, 08:00
Scheduled for (local) 2024-05-22, 01:00 (PDT)
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California
Payload NROL-146
Booster 1071-16
Landing site Of Course I Still Love You
Customer United States National Reconnaissance Office
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANAimO31tLI
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vj88sXicsY
NASASpaceflight
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9OARqVhoMc
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1793187706044080168
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niaovijGKfI

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 17th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 6 days, 13:21:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 91st landing on OCISLY

☑️ 52nd Falcon 9 launch this year, 53rd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 266th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 352nd SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 364th SpaceX launch all time (including Starship hops)

☑️ 310th Falcon Family Booster landing, 321st Falcon recovery attempt

Mission and payload info

First 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.