SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NROL-113
Launched
September 6, 2024 · 03:20 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
NROL-113 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 6, 2024 at 03:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:20 to 05:14 UTC. It was SpaceX's 400th launch, 89th this year and humanity's 6,753rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 315th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 86th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 20th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX NROL-113The Space Devs
- YouTubeSPACE AFFAIRS
- YouTubeSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 20 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 56 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-3 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for NRO
- Milestone
- 315th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 86th this yearSpaceX's 400th launch89th this yearhumanity's 6,753rd orbital launch attempt164th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3MFairing Separation
- T+6M13SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M47SSES-2
- T+53M49SSECO-2
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- USA 400 · NORAD 61021 · in orbit
- USA 401 · NORAD 61022 · in orbit
- USA 402 · NORAD 61023 · in orbit
- USA 403 · NORAD 61024 · in orbit
- USA 404 · NORAD 61025 · in orbit
- USA 405 · NORAD 61026 · in orbit
- USA 406 · NORAD 61027 · in orbit
- USA 407 · NORAD 61028 · in orbit
- USA 408 · NORAD 61029 · in orbit
- USA 409 · NORAD 61030 · in orbit
- USA 410 · NORAD 61031 · in orbit
- USA 411 · NORAD 61032 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- USA 412 · NORAD 61033 · in orbit
- USA 413 · NORAD 61034 · in orbit
- USA 414 · NORAD 61035 · in orbit
- USA 415 · NORAD 61036 · in orbit
- USA 416 · NORAD 61037 · in orbit
- USA 417 · NORAD 61038 · in orbit
- USA 418 · NORAD 61039 · in orbit
- USA 419 · NORAD 61040 · in orbit
- USA 420 · NORAD 61041 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Third 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
157th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 29th this year · 769th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 5, 8:20 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5 days 18 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/6/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2024 · source
NET September 6 UTC per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/3/2024 · source
NET September 5 UTC per NOTAMs A1065/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/1/2024 · source
No longer listed on NRO's mission launch page as of this moment.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
Rescheduled for September 3 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/27/2024 · source
Added launch (NRO launch number via https://www.countyofsb.org/4225/VSFB-SpaceX).
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/23/2024 · source
Questions
When did NROL-113 launch?
NROL-113 launched on September 6, 2024 at 03:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:20 to 05:14 UTC.
Where can I watch NROL-113?
Coverage: SpaceX NROL-113; YouTube; YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched NROL-113?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did NROL-113 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Sep 5, 8:20 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 20th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit was NROL-113 going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did NROL-113 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).