| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-10-24, 17:13 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-24, 10:13 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1063-21 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | Reconnaissance satellites | | Customer | U.S. National Reconnaissance Office | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Low Earth Orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VccVHpw5LVI | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkf8kMvAEx4 | NASASpaceflight | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-VvcuMpfk | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1849496492161237185 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYd24JGqMI
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 33rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 35th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 4 days, 12:00:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 106th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 361st Falcon family booster landing, 368th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 100th Falcon 9 mission this year, 386th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 102nd SpaceX mission of 2024, 402nd mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 105th SpaceX launch this year, 417th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
Fourth 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.
MECO, stage sepraation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation. No views of stage 2 at the request of the NRO.