Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-149

Status

Success

NROL-149

Launch Time
Tue Dec 17, 2024 13:19 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

B1063

Flight #22

54 day turnaround

401st Falcon recovery attempt

387th successful Falcon recovery

43rd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

NROL-149

Sixth 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: 22

Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Wiki

Stats

2024

246th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

428th mission

128th mission of 2024

421st successful mission

58th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

412th mission

126th mission of 2024

408th successful mission

57th consecutive successful mission