Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-77

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

Government/Top Secret · Unknown (N/A)

• B1096 · flight 4 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 2 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-87 · zone record 17/17

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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+2M12SMECO
13. T+2M15SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M23SSES-1
15. T+2M28SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
16. T+3M4SFairing Separation
17. T+3M22SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
18. T+6M44SEntry Burn Startup
19. T+7M4SEntry Burn Shutdown
20. T+8M1SStage 1 Landing Burn
21. T+8M17SSECO-1
22. T+8M28SStage 1 Landing

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2025 · source

• Liftoff!

  hitura-nobad · 12/9/2025 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 12/9/2025 · source

• Updated launch weather forecast.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2025 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2025 · source

• Weather is >95% favorable for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2025 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 11/25/2025 · source

• Adding launch

  Nosu · 10/31/2023 · source