Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-126

Status

Success

NROL-126

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

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.

20 of the 22 satellites launched are actually civilian use Starlink satellites.

Payloads: 22

Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Wiki

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