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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-149
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 443rd launch · 132nd this year · humanity's 6,836th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 17, 13:19 – Dec 17, 13:19 UTC
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NROL-149
Sixth 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 · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1063 · flight 22 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-167 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX NROL-149 — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NRO intelligence satellites from Vandenberg, California — Spaceflight Now
- NROL-149 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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M2SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M43SSECO-1
- T+53M19SSES-2
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2024 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 12/17/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/17/2024 · source
Official Webcast by SpaceX has started
LL2 · 12/17/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2024 · source
Delayed to NET December 17.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2024 · source
Targeting NET December 16.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/10/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Dec 17, 5:19 AM PST
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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