SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NROL-192
Launched
April 12, 2025 · 12:25 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
NROL-192 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on April 12, 2025 at 12:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:17 to 16:46 UTC. It was SpaceX's 492nd launch, 43rd this year and humanity's 6,925th orbital launch attempt. It was the 402nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 41st this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 24th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Unknown (N/A). 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 24 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 60 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-10 · 610 km downrange
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Unknown (N/A)for NRO
- Milestone
- 402nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 41st this yearSpaceX's 492nd launch43rd this yearhumanity's 6,925th orbital launch attempt76th 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+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+52M25SSES-2
- T+52M26SSECO-2
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- USA 499 · NORAD 63526 · in orbit
- USA 500 · NORAD 63527 · in orbit
- USA 501 · NORAD 63528 · in orbit
- USA 502 · NORAD 63529 · in orbit
- USA 503 · NORAD 63530 · in orbit
- USA 504 · NORAD 63531 · in orbit
- USA 505 · NORAD 63532 · in orbit
- USA 506 · NORAD 63533 · in orbit
- USA 507 · NORAD 63534 · in orbit
- USA 508 · NORAD 63535 · in orbit
- USA 509 · NORAD 63536 · in orbit
- USA 510 · NORAD 63537 · in orbit
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- USA 511 · NORAD 63538 · in orbit
- USA 512 · NORAD 63539 · in orbit
- USA 513 · NORAD 63540 · in orbit
- USA 514 · NORAD 63541 · in orbit
- USA 515 · NORAD 63542 · in orbit
- USA 516 · NORAD 63543 · in orbit
- USA 517 · NORAD 63544 · in orbit
- USA 518 · NORAD 63545 · in orbit
- USA 519 · NORAD 63546 · in orbit
- USA 520 · NORAD 63547 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Ninth 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
188th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 14th this year · 800th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 12, 5:25 AM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 13 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 4/12/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/12/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/11/2025 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/7/2025 · source
NET April 12
Nosu · 4/5/2025 · source
NET 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2024 · source
Questions
When did NROL-192 launch?
NROL-192 launched on April 12, 2025 at 12:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:17 to 16:46 UTC.
Where can I watch NROL-192?
Coverage: SpaceX NROL-192; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-192 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on U.S. spy satellite agency mission from California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched NROL-192?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did NROL-192 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Apr 12, 5:25 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 24th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit was NROL-192 going to?
Unknown (N/A), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did NROL-192 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).