Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-48

Eleventh 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)

• B1081 · flight 18 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 4 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-6 · zone record 35/35

• SpaceX NROL-48 — The Space Devs
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• NROL-48 Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MProp Load
3. T−35MStage 1 LOX 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+1M12SMax-Q
12. T+2M16SMECO
13. T+2M20SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M33SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
15. T+2M37SSES-1
16. T+2M52SFairing Separation
17. T+3M21SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
18. T+6M15SEntry Burn Startup
19. T+6M36SEntry Burn Shutdown
20. T+7M28SStage 1 Landing Burn
21. T+8MStage 1 Landing
22. T+8M40SSECO-1
23. T+52M30SSES-2
24. T+52M32SSECO-2

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/22/2025 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/22/2025 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 9/22/2025 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/22/2025 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/21/2025 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/21/2025 · source

• New T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/21/2025 · source

• Now targeting Sep 22 at 17:23 UTC

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2025 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/12/2025 · source

• NET early September.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 8/2/2025 · source