Launch info
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-06-29, 03:14 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-09-28, 20:14 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California | | Payload | NROL-186 | | Booster | 1081-8 | | Landing site | Of Course I Still Love You | | Customer | National Reconnaissance Office | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to desired orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_PcPbDGC8U | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ofmSePqRM | | NASASpaceflight | | | The Launch Pad | | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1806886425604100565 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4GEvLkKScY |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 22nd launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 4 days, 23:27:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 31 day booster turnaround
☑️ 66th Falcon 9 launch this year, 352nd overall
☑️ 67th SpaceX mission this year, 367th overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 69th SpaceX launch this year (nice!), 380th overall (including Starship hops)
☑️ 95th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 282nd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 327th Falcon Family Booster landing, 337th Falcon recovery attempt
Mission and payload info
Second 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.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1806412794444816599