Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-153

Status

Success

NROL-153

Launch Time
Fri Jan 10, 2025 03:53 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 #22

20 day turnaround

411th Falcon recovery attempt

397th successful Falcon recovery

53rd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

NROL-153

Seventh 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.

Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2025

5th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

438th mission

4th mission of 2025

431st successful mission

68th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

422nd mission

4th mission of 2025

418th successful mission

67th consecutive successful mission