Launch info
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-06-29, 03:14 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-09-28, 20:14 (PDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California |
| Payload | NROL-186 |
| Booster | 1081-8 |
| Landing site | Of Course I Still Love You |
| Customer | National Reconnaissance Office |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to desired orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_PcPbDGC8U |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ofmSePqRM |
| NASASpaceflight | |
| The Launch Pad | |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1806886425604100565 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4GEvLkKScY |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 22nd launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 4 days, 23:27:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 31 day booster turnaround
☑️ 66th Falcon 9 launch this year, 352nd overall
☑️ 67th SpaceX mission this year, 367th overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 69th SpaceX launch this year (nice!), 380th overall (including Starship hops)
☑️ 95th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 282nd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 327th Falcon Family Booster landing, 337th Falcon recovery attempt
Mission and payload info
Second 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.
Norminal launch and booster landing. No word on payload deployment, but that is to be expected from an NRO launch.
Edit: The fairings halves for this mission were on their 13th and 7th flight.