Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146

Status

Success

NROL-146

Launch Time
Wed May 22, 2024 08:00 UTC

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $69.75 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Of Course I Still Love You

B1071

Flight #16

50 day turnaround

321st Falcon recovery attempt

308th successful Falcon recovery

55th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

236th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

NROL-146

First 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.

Payloads: 21

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

97th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

352nd mission

52nd mission of 2024

346th successful mission

318th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

338th mission

52nd mission of 2024

335th successful mission

309th consecutive successful mission