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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-145

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 495th launch · 46th this year · humanity's 6,930th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Apr 20, 10:27 – Apr 20, 14:56 UTC
Flight preview
NROL-145
Tenth 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)
Booster
- B1082 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-1 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX NROL-145 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-145 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - April 20, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on U.S. spy satellite agency mission from California — Spaceflight Now
- NROL-145 Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M47SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+52M27SSES-2
- T+52M28SSECO-2
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/20/2025 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 4/20/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/20/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/19/2025 · source
Now targeting Apr 20 at 10:27 UTC
hitura-nobad · 4/18/2025 · source
Added launch window per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/14/2025 · source
NET April.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/9/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/11/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Apr 20, 5:29 AM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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