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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-126
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 436th launch · 125th this year · humanity's 6,818th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 30, 08:08 – Nov 30, 12:08 UTC
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NROL-126
Fifth 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. 20 of the 22 satellites launched are actually civilian use Starlink satellites.
Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1088 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX NROL-126 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-126 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - November 30, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- NROL-126 Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M19SFairing Separation
- T+6M14SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M36SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M41SSES-2
- T+54M45SSECO-2
- T+1H1M49SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/30/2024 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2024 · source
NET November 30.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/24/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Nov 30, 12:10 AM PST
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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