Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-126 (USA-438 & USA-439) & Starlink

Status

Success

NROL-126 (USA-438 & USA-439) & Starlink

Launch Time
Sat Nov 30, 2024 08:10 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

B1088

Flight #1

394th Falcon recovery attempt

380th successful Falcon recovery

36th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

NROL-126 (USA-438 & USA-439)

Fifth 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: 2

Low Earth Orbit

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Starlink

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

228th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

421st mission

121st mission of 2024

414th successful mission

51st consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

405th mission

119th mission of 2024

401st successful mission

50th consecutive successful mission