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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-69

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March 24, 2025, 5:48 p.m.


Government/Top Secret

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

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Upcoming Launches


Mar 26, 2025

Electron | Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1)

Rocket Lab

Low Earth Orbit Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

8 satellites for a constellation of satellites developed by Orora Technologies (OroraTech) of Germany, with thermal infrared cameras that can provide 24/7 monitoring of wildfires globally, supporting better and faster wildfire response to protect forests, people, and infrastructure worldwide. The company plans to expand their constellation with up to 100 …
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Mar 26, 2025

Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Unknown Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.
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Upcoming Events


Spacecraft Release
March 28, 2025

NG-21 Cygnus Release

International Space Station

The Northrop Grumman NG-21 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.

Press Event
March 31, 2025

SpaceX Crew-9 Post-Flight News Conference

Johnson Space Center, Houston

After completing a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts will discuss their science mission during a postflight news conference at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore will answer questions about their time in space. The …

Press Event
March 31, 2025

ISS Expedition 73 Overview News Conference

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

NASA and its partners will participate in an overview news conference covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch in March and the agency’s crew member rotation launch on Soyuz in April.

Press Event
March 31, 2025

ISS Expedition 73 Crew News Conference

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

NASA and its partners will host a crew news conference in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch in March and the agency’s crew member rotation launch on Soyuz in April.


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 6 hours ago
NROL-69
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office


Ceres-1
Success
4 days, 13 hours ago
Yunyao-1 43-48
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

6 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have a…


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 17 hours ago
NROL-57
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Eighth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office t…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week ago
Starlink Group 12-25
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Electron
Success
1 week ago
High Five (Kinéis 21-25)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Last of five batches of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.


Ceres-1
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
8 satellites
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Carried 8 satellites to 535 km high SSO: * Yunyao-1 #55-60 * AIRSAT-06 & 07


Angara 1.2
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2585, 2586, 2587)
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Payload identity and Cosmos series numbering not confirmed. The Strela (Russian: Стрела) are Soviet, then Russian, military space telecommun…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Starlink Group 12-16
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Transporter 13 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.


Long March 2D
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
SuperView Neo 3-02
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Commercial Earth observation satellite built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd, with 0.5 m resolution over 9 image wavele…


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