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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-145 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - April 20, 2025

Launch Date: April 20, 2025 Launch Time: 5:29 a.m. PDT, 1229 UTC, 14:29 CEST Launch Window: Open until 7:27 a.m. PDT Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA Targeted Orbit: ...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on U.S. spy satellite agency mission from California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket thought to be carrying an undisclosed number of Starshield satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Liftoff of the NROL-14...

NROL-145 Mission

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NROL-145

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Overview

Destination: Unknown
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Unknown Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1082 - Of Course I Still Love You

Tenth 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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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • April 20, 2025, 1:59 p.m.

Launch success.


hitura-nobad • April 20, 2025, 12:29 p.m.

Liftoff!


LL2 • April 20, 2025, 12:14 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • April 19, 2025, 3:24 a.m.

GO for launch.


hitura-nobad • April 18, 2025, 5:49 p.m.

Now targeting Apr 20 at 10:27 UTC


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

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.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1082

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: January 3, 2024
Last Flight: May 27, 2025
Flights: 13
Landings Attempted: 13
Landings Successful: 13
Previous B1082 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1082 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 12th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 502 Failures: 15 Pending: 115

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