SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
NROL-69
Launched
March 24, 2025 · 17:48 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
NROL-69 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 24, 2025 at 17:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 17:42 to 18:24 UTC. It was SpaceX's 485th launch, 36th this year and humanity's 6,910th orbital launch attempt. It was the 395th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 34th this year. Booster B1092 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for Unknown (N/A). One object from this launch is catalogued.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1092 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 1 · landed53/54 landed here · 25 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-13 · 15 km downrange
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Unknown (N/A)for NRO
- Milestone
- 395th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 34th this yearSpaceX's 485th launch36th this yearhumanity's 6,910th orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
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- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M14SMECO
- T+2M17SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M25SSES-1
- T+2M31SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+3M25SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+6M37SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M58SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SSECO-1
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+46M26SSES-2
- T+46M38SSECO-2
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- USA 498 · NORAD 63350 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
297th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 17th this year · 1,012th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 24, 1:48 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch successful.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 3/24/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/24/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/23/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/22/2025 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/19/2025 · source
Targeting the afternoon EDT
Nosu · 3/18/2025 · source
NET March 24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2025 · source
Questions
When did NROL-69 launch?
NROL-69 launched on March 24, 2025 at 17:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 17:42 to 18:24 UTC.
Where can I watch NROL-69?
Coverage: SpaceX NROL-69; GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-69 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - March 24, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NROL-69 from Cape Canaveral for NRO, U.S. Space Force. Watch the replay
What rocket launched NROL-69?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did NROL-69 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 24, 1:48 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1092 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit was NROL-69 going to?
Unknown (N/A), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did NROL-69 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).