NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

NROL-57

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.

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

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

Mission Details

NROL-57

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.

Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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