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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-17, 13:19 | |


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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-17, 05:19 (PST) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | 1063-22 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | NROL-149 | | Customer | US National Reconnaissance Office | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to desired orbit |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbXgzT_hu4 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZT6K_ZanM | | NASASpaceflight | none | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskDj_zaa3g | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1869006526578671981 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFoptpscX0 |

Stats

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☑️ 44th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 11:24:20 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 60th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 115th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 387th Falcon family booster landing, 401st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 126th Falcon 9 mission this year, 412th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 128th SpaceX mission of 2024, 428th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 132nd SpaceX launch this year, 444th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Sixth 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.

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[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: M-vac shutdown and nominal orbit insertion.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation. These fairing halves are flying for their 9th and 10th times.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago
[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

Hosted webcast has started. Atticus Vadera is hosting.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 20 hours ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1868999052416954468

All systems are looking good and propellant load is about to begin for today’s launch of the @NatReconOfc's NROL-149 mission from California