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NROL-186 Launch Thread! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

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

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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

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☑️ 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.

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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1806412794444816599

Targeting Friday, June 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-186 mission from California

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Norminal launch and booster landing. No word on payload deployment, but that is to be expected from an NRO launch.

Edit: The fairings halves for this mission were on their 13th and 7th flight.

this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2024
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