Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-57 (USA-487 to 497)

Status

Success

NROL-57 (USA-487 to 497)

Launch Time
Fri Mar 21, 2025 06:49 UTC

Launched just 9 days after B1088's previous mission on SPHEREx & PUNCH, NROL-57 set a new booster turnaround record by around 4 days.

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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

Landing Zone 4

B1088

Flight #4

9 day turnaround

439th Falcon recovery attempt

424th successful Falcon recovery

7th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

81st consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

NROL-57 (USA-487 to 497)

Eighth 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: 11

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2025

58th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

467th mission

33rd mission of 2025

460th successful mission

97th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

451st mission

33rd mission of 2025

447th successful mission

96th consecutive successful mission