SpaceX

NROL-76

Success

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

T-minus to liftoff

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Monday May 1 2017, 11:15:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

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Mission

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowMonday May 1 2017, 11:00:00 UTC→Monday May 1 2017, 13:00:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

NROL-76

Success

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Monday May 1 2017, 11:15:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

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Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

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Mission

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1032

expended1st flight

Flights2

Landings1/1100%

Fastest turn275d 10h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-1· 15 km downrange

Survived water landing on a non-recovery launch, SpaceX couldn't tug it back to port, so they hired a company to destroy it.

Previous flights · 1

#2GovSat (SES-16)+275d 10hATLJan 31, 2018

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go70%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 7850 m above freezing 5120 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 7850 m, mean 5859 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Full Thrust

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowMonday May 1 2017, 11:00:00 UTC→Monday May 1 2017, 13:00:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1032

expended1st flight

Flights2

Landings1/1100%

Fastest turn275d 10h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-1· 15 km downrange

Survived water landing on a non-recovery launch, SpaceX couldn't tug it back to port, so they hired a company to destroy it.

Previous flights · 1

#2GovSat (SES-16)+275d 10hATLJan 31, 2018

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go70%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 7850 m above freezing 5120 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 7850 m, mean 5859 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m