NROL-69
Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch time
T-0
Mon 24 Mar, 18:48 CET
17:48 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch probability 90%
Weather concerns: Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Launch record updated by LL2
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NROL-69 on Falcon 9 Block 5. Mon 24 Mar 2025, 17:48 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40. Source: Launch Library 2.
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Rocket file imagery
File imagery: Crew-9, 28 September 2024. Falcon 9 lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40.
Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber · Public domain (NASA) · SourceMission patches
- NROL-69 Patch
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
Launch timeline
Times are relative to liftoff.
- T-38 min
GO for Prop Load
Launch director verifies go for propellant load
- T-35 min
Prop Load
Start of propelland loading
- T-35 min
Stage 1 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
- T-16 min
Stage 2 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
- T-7 min
Engine Chill
Start of engine chilling
- T-1 min
Tank Press
Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
- T-1 min
Startup
The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
- T-45 s
GO for Launch
Launch director verifies go for launch
- T-3 s
Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
- T-0
Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
- T+1 min 7 s
Max-Q
Maximum dynamic pressure
- T+2 min 14 s
MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
- T+2 min 17 s
Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
- T+2 min 25 s
SES-1
First start of the second engine
- T+2 min 31 s
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
Start of the booster boostback burn
- T+3 min 7 s
Fairing Separation
Separation of the payload fairing
- T+3 min 25 s
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
End of the booster boostback burn
- T+6 min 37 s
Entry Burn Startup
Start of the atmospheric entry burn
- T+6 min 58 s
Entry Burn Shutdown
End of the atmospheric entry burn
- T+7 min 50 s
Stage 1 Landing Burn
Start of the first stage landing burn
- T+8 min 21 s
SECO-1
First cut-off of the second engine
- T+8 min 22 s
Stage 1 Landing
Landing of the first stage
- T+46 min 26 s
SES-2
Second start of the second engine
- T+46 min 38 s
SECO-2
Second cut-off of the second engine
Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
No changes since we started tracking on .
Source updates from Launch Library 2 (8)
Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.
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Launch successful.
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Liftoff!
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Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
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Updated launch weather.
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GO for launch.
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Added launch window.
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Targeting the afternoon EDT
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NET March 24.
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Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.56194122, -80.57735736
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