| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-01-10, 03:53 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-01-09, 19:53 (PST) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | 1071-22 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | NROL-153 | | Customer | US 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=UhDr6PsRfik | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks_Y_3yVI8w | | NASASpaceflight | none | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0PohMYcpH8 | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1877561087161508023 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyu2ox9qco |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 1st launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 12 days, 1:54:30 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 4th Falcon 9 mission this year, 422nd Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 4th SpaceX mission of 2025, 438th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 4th SpaceX launch this year, 453rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
☑️ 70th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 117th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 396th Falcon family booster landing, 411th Falcon recovery attempt
Mission info
Seventh 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.