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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-126 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - November 30, 2024

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NROL-126 Mission

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. Made of a carbon composite material, the fairing protects satellites on their way to orbit. The fairing is jettisoned approximately three minute...

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NROL-126

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1088 - Of Course I Still Love You

Fifth 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. 20 of the 22 satellites launched are actually civilian use Starlink satellites.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 28, 2024, 5:20 a.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 30, 2024, 4:04 a.m.

Go for launch.


LL2 • Nov. 30, 2024, 8:12 a.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 30, 2024, 8:12 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 30, 2024, 9:22 a.m.

Launch success.


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1088

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: November 30, 2024
Last Flight: October 19, 2025
Flights: 11
Landings Attempted: 11
Landings Successful: 11

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1088 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 1st flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 579 Failures: 15 Pending: 121

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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