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NROL-69 launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Nice!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-03-24, 17:48 | |


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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-03-24, 13:48 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1092-2 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Payload(s) | Reconnaissance satellite(s) | | Customer | National Reconnaissance Office | | Target orbit | LEO |

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☑️ 17th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 5 days, 21:50:10 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 50th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 427th Falcon Family Booster landing, 440th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 34th Falcon 9 mission this year, 452nd overall

☑️ 34th SpaceX mission this year, 468th (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 36th SpaceX launch this year, 485th overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

NROL-69 is a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1903224287693246865

Targeting Monday, March 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of the @USSF_SSC and @NatReconOfc’s NROL-69 mission from Florida