SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NROL-105
Launched
January 17, 2026 · 04:39 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
NROL-105 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on January 17, 2026 at 04:39 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:18 to 04:53 UTC. It was SpaceX's 626th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 7,187th orbital launch attempt. It was the 533rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 7th this year. Booster B1100 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Landing Zone 4. The payload was bound for Unknown (N/A). 9 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX NROL-105The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches reconnaissance satellites for NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFBSpaceflight Now
- NROL-105 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1100 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 4 · landed35/35 landed here · 54 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-30
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Unknown (N/A)for NRO
- Milestone
- 533rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 7th this yearSpaceX's 626th launch7th this yearhumanity's 7,187th orbital launch attempt14th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
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- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M11SMECO
- T+2M15SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M23SSES-1
- T+2M28SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+3M23SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M14SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M12SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M39SStage 1 Landing
Catalogued objects
9 catalogued: 9 payloads; 9 still in orbit
- USA 572 · NORAD 67484 · in orbit
- USA 573 · NORAD 67485 · in orbit
- USA 574 · NORAD 67486 · in orbit
- USA 575 · NORAD 67487 · in orbit
- USA 576 · NORAD 67488 · in orbit
- USA 577 · NORAD 67489 · in orbit
- USA 578 · NORAD 67490 · in orbit
- USA 579 · NORAD 67491 · in orbit
- USA 580 · NORAD 67492 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Twelfth 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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
241st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 3rd this year · 855th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 16, 8:39 PM PST, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/17/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 17 at 04:39 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 17 at 04:25 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/16/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2026 · source
Questions
When did NROL-105 launch?
NROL-105 launched on January 17, 2026 at 04:39 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:18 to 04:53 UTC.
Where can I watch NROL-105?
Coverage: SpaceX NROL-105; Watch Live: SpaceX launches reconnaissance satellites for NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB; NROL-105 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched NROL-105?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did NROL-105 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jan 16, 8:39 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1100 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Landing Zone 4.
What orbit was NROL-105 going to?
Unknown (N/A), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did NROL-105 launch?
9 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 9 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).