SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-113 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: September 5, 2024 (PDT)
Launch Time: 8:20 p.m. PDT - (September 6 0320 UTC, 05:20 CEST)
Launch Window: 8:20 p.m. PDT
Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Targeted Orbit: LEO
Launch Inclination: Southeast
Launch Status: Scheduled and announced
Mission: NROL-113
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launch Contractor: United States Reconnaissance Office
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster TBD)
Flight for the Booster: 20
Previous Flights of the Booster: 19 - Sentinel-6, Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 14 Starlink missions
Landing: Autonomous Droneship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)
Launch status: Scheduled and announced
Rocket:
- Price: $69,75 million (Standard Mission to LEO without payload)
- Diameter 3,7m
- Height: 70 m
Payload to Orbit:
- LEO 22,800 kg
- GTO 8,300 kg
LiftOff Trust:
- 7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing:
- Diameter: 5,2 m
- Height: 13 m
Stages:
- 2
SpaceX targets September 5 (PDT) for a launch for the United States Reconnaissance Office the NROL-113 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Station in California. Lift-off is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. PDT - (September 6 0320 UTC, 05:20 CEST).
If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Friday, September 6 starting at 7:58 p.m. PT.
Following Stage Separation, the Falcon 9 First Stage will attempt to land on the autonomous droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.
Because it is a classified mission, there will be no sequences showing the Falcon second stage after the stage separation.
NROL-113
The NROL-113 mission is a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office of the United States, built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. It is likely, that the satellites were built by SpaceX based on their Starshield busses. Based on the size of Starshield, the number of satellites on the lanch may be around 20.
The flight trajectory will be south. You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here:
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