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NROL-95

Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch time

T-0

Thu 30 Jul, 09:10:19 CEST

07:10:19 UTC

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

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The source gives second precision. Launch plans can change.

Launch probability 70%

Weather concerns: Anvil Cloud Rules, Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule

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  1. LL2 update

    Launch success.

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  2. LL2 update

    Liftoff!

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  3. LL2 update

    Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

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  4. LL2 update

    Now targeting Jul 30 at 07:10 UTC

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  5. LL2 update

    Updated launch weather, 70% GO.

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  6. LL2 update

    Now targeting Jul 30 at 07:09 UTC

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  7. LL2 update

    GO for launch.

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  8. LL2 update

    Added launch.

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Mission

NROL-95 on Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit

Rocket file imagery

A Falcon 9 rises above its launch tower through white exhaust clouds under a pale blue sky.

File imagery: Crew-9, 28 September 2024. Falcon 9 lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40.

Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber · Public domain (NASA) · Source

Mission patches

  • NROL-95
  • NROL-95 Mission Patch

Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff.

  1. T-38 min

    GO for Prop Load

    Launch director verifies go for propellant load

  2. T-35 min

    Stage 1 LOX Load

    Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage

  3. T-35 min

    Prop Load

    Start of propelland loading

  4. T-16 min

    Stage 2 LOX Load

    Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage

  5. T-7 min

    Engine Chill

    Start of engine chilling

  6. T-1 min

    Startup

    The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks

  7. T-1 min

    Tank Press

    Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels

  8. T-45 s

    GO for Launch

    Launch director verifies go for launch

  9. T-3 s

    Ignition

    Start of the engine ignition sequence

  10. T-0

    Liftoff

    First upwards movement of the rocket

  11. T+1 min 7 s

    Max-Q

    Maximum dynamic pressure

  12. T+2 min 11 s

    MECO

    Cut-off of the main engine

  13. T+2 min 15 s

    Stage 2 Separation

    Separation of the second stage from the first

  14. T+2 min 23 s

    SES-1

    First start of the second engine

  15. T+2 min 28 s

    Booster Boostback Burn Startup

    Start of the booster boostback burn

  16. T+3 min 3 s

    Fairing Separation

    Separation of the payload fairing

  17. T+3 min 22 s

    Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

    End of the booster boostback burn

  18. T+6 min 43 s

    Entry Burn Startup

    Start of the atmospheric entry burn

  19. T+7 min 4 s

    Entry Burn Shutdown

    End of the atmospheric entry burn

  20. T+8 min

    Stage 1 Landing Burn

    Start of the first stage landing burn

  21. T+8 min 12 s

    SECO-1

    First cut-off of the second engine

  22. T+8 min 26 s

    Stage 1 Landing

    Landing of the first stage

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)

Coordinates: 28.56194122, -80.57735736

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Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)

Launch plans change. Times are estimates from the source, not a guarantee of liftoff.