Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-113
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Sept. 6, 2024, 3:20 a.m. - Sept. 6, 2024, 5:14 a.m.
Sept. 6, 2024, 3:20 a.m. - Sept. 6, 2024, 5:14 a.m.
Third 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.
Launch success.
Liftoff.
GO for launch.
NET September 6 UTC per marine navigation warnings.
NET September 5 UTC per NOTAMs A1065/24.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage B1063 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 20th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
The flight will set a new record for orbital launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff of the NROL-113 mission happened at 8:20 p.m. PDT (11:20 p.m. EDT, 0320 UTC).
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