Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-105

Twelfth 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.

Government/Top Secret · Unknown (N/A)

• B1100 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 4 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-30 · zone record 35/35

• SpaceX NROL-105 — The Space Devs
• Watch Live: SpaceX launches reconnaissance satellites for NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB — Spaceflight Now
• NROL-105 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−1MStartup
7. T−1MTank Press
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M12SMax-Q
12. T+2M11SMECO
13. T+2M15SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M23SSES-1
15. T+2M28SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
16. T+2M58SFairing Separation
17. T+3M23SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
18. T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
19. T+6M14SEntry Burn Shutdown
20. T+7M12SStage 1 Landing Burn
21. T+7M39SStage 1 Landing

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2026 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2026 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 1/17/2026 · source

• Now targeting Jan 17 at 04:39 UTC

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2026 · source

• Now targeting Jan 17 at 04:25 UTC

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/16/2026 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2026 · source

• Added launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2026 · source