Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-153

Seventh 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)

• B1071 · flight 22 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) · zone record 209/217

• SpaceX NROL-153 — The Space Devs
• On Go! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-153 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - January 9, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
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• NROL-153 — 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+1M6SMax-Q
12. T+2M26SMECO
13. T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M37SSES-1
15. T+3M1SFairing Separation
16. T+6M11SEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
20. T+8M39SSECO-1
21. T+52M27SSES-2
22. T+52M29SSECO-2

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/10/2025 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/10/2025 · source

• Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 1/10/2025 · source

• Now targeting Jan 10 at 03:53 UTC

  hitura-nobad · 1/9/2025 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/9/2025 · source

• NET January 10 UTC.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2025 · source

• NET 2025.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2024 · source

• Added launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2024 · source