Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS

NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years. Also on board the launch is Dhruva Space's LEAP-1; Planet's Pelican-3 and Pelican-4; and Exolaunch’s Acadia-6, FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3.

Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

• B1063 · flight 27 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 4 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-22 · zone record 35/35

• SpaceX NAOS — The Space Devs
• SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NAOS (LUXEOSys) - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - August 27, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
• Watch live: SpaceX launches NAOS satellite, 7 rideshare sats on Falcon 9 rocket from California — Spaceflight Now
• NAOS Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
3. T−35MProp Load
4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
5. T−7MEngine Chill
6. T−1MTank Press
7. T−1MStartup
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M12SMax-Q
12. T+2M14SMECO
13. T+2M18SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M22SStage 1 Flip
15. T+2M25SSES-1
16. T+2M31SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
17. T+2M41SFairing Separation
18. T+3M18SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
19. T+6M14SEntry Burn Startup
20. T+6M35SEntry Burn Shutdown
21. T+7M20SStage 1 Landing Burn
22. T+7M57SStage 1 Landing
23. T+9M29SSECO-1
24. T+11M42SPayload Separation
25. T+11M48SPayload Separation
26. T+11M55SPayload Separation
27. T+52M34SSES-2
28. T+52M37SSECO-2
29. T+1H5M55SSES-3
30. T+1H5M59SSECO-3
31. T+1H8M50SPayload Separation
32. T+1H8M58SPayload Separation
33. T+1H9M7SPayload Separation
34. T+1H9M16SPayload Separation
35. T+1H9M26SPayload Separation

• Successful deployment of all payloads

  Nosu · 8/26/2025 · source

• Liftoff

  Nosu · 8/26/2025 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 8/26/2025 · source

• Adding seconds to T-0

  Nosu · 8/26/2025 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 8/18/2025 · source

• NET 1H 2025.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2024 · source

• Launch vehicle switched from Vega-C to Falcon 9.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2024 · source

• Vega-C RTF NET 2024.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/18/2023 · source

• Satellite testing is planned for November, launch is no earlier than that.

  spacevogel · 2/17/2022 · source