NGG-2 (USSF-174)
Falcon Heavy, SpaceX
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Launch time
No earlier than
NET 2020s
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Launch record updated by LL2
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NGG-2 (USSF-174) on Falcon Heavy. NET 2020s. Status: TBD. Launch site: Launch Complex 39A. Source: Launch Library 2.
Second Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared GEO (NGG) satellite for the US Space Force. It is designed to deliver survivable, resilient missile warning, tracking, and defense.
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Rocket file imagery
File imagery: Psyche, 13 October 2023. Falcon Heavy lifting off from Launch Complex 39A.
Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani · Public domain (NASA) · SourceLaunch context
Generated from source records
NGG-2 (USSF-174): Falcon Heavy, operated by SpaceX. Pad: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Mission type: Government/Top Secret; target orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit. Listed timing: NET 2020s. TBD means this is a provisional date.
Launch Library 2 record checked . Recorded timing does not establish actual liftoff; plans can change.
Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)Launch timeline
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Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
No changes since we started tracking on .
Source updates from Launch Library 2 (3)
Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.
- LL2 update
Payload swap with USSF-50 (to be launched on Vulcan Centaur) confirmed.
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Updated launch vehicle configuration.
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Adding launch, year TBD
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.60822681, -80.60428186
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