Launch info
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-06-29, 03:14 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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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
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.