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NROL-57 launch thread (9-day booster turnaround!) (self.spacex)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-03-21, 06:49 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-03-20, 23:49 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1088-4 | | Landing | LZ-4 | | Payloads | Reconnaissance satellites | | Customer | National Reconnaissance Office | | Target orbit | LEO |

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Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 10th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 6 days, 0:06:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 26th landing on LZ-4

☑️ 426th Falcon Family Booster landing, 439th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 33rd Falcon 9 mission this year, 451st overall

☑️ 33rd SpaceX mission this year, 467th (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 35th SpaceX launch this year, 484th overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Launching just 9 days after B1088's previous mission on SPHEREx & PUNCH, NROL-57 will set a new booster turnaround record by around 4 days.

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[–] threelonmusketeers 3 points 3 weeks ago

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 3 weeks ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1902746990779486718

Targeting Thursday, March 20 for a Falcon 9 launch of the @NatReconOfc’s NROL-57 mission from California

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 3 weeks ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, stage 1 boostback burn, and fairing separation. No video of the second stage today, at the request of the NRO.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 3 weeks ago

Liftoff!