Scheduled for (UTC) 2025-03-21, 06:49
Scheduled for (local) 2025-03-20, 23:49 (PDT)
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Booster B1088-4
Landing LZ-4
Payloads Reconnaissance satellites
Customer National Reconnaissance Office
Target orbit LEO

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vp8kZon5Nk
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nkJIjdSCuw
NASASpaceflight none
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvACDETZfgs
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1902973122195886584
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 10th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 6 days, 0:06:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 26th landing on LZ-4

☑️ 426th Falcon Family Booster landing, 439th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 33rd Falcon 9 mission this year, 451st overall

☑️ 33rd SpaceX mission this year, 467th (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 35th SpaceX launch this year, 484th overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Launching just 9 days after B1088’s previous mission on SPHEREx & PUNCH, NROL-57 will set a new booster turnaround record by around 4 days.