SpaceXFalcon HeavyLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Falcon Heavy | NROL-97
Launch window
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.NET Q4 2026Add to calendar
SpaceX's 736th launch · 117th this year · humanity's 7,409th orbital launch attempt
Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.
Window: Oct 31, 00:00 – Oct 31, 00:00 UTC
Flight preview
NROL-97
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
Government/Top Secret · Unknown (N/A)
Booster
- Unknown FH
- B1104 · flight 2 · last flew Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
- B1072 · flight 4 · last flew Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Watch
No webcast announced yet.
Updates
NET early fall 2026 (launch identity per https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=55784.msg2715269#msg2715269; booster assignments per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5OJk1FuEKg).
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/8/2026 · source
Updated launch vehicle configuration.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/10/2025 · source
Adding launch, year TBD
Nosu · 4/9/2025 · source
