SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-69 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - March 24, 2025

Описание: Launch Date: March 24, 2025
Launch Time: 1:48 p.m. EDT, 1748 UTC, 18:48 CET
Launch Window: Instantaneous launch window
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA
Targeted Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Inclination: Norhteast
Launch Status: Nominal orbit insertion
Landing: Landing Zone-1, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Mission: NROL-69
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launch Contractor: National Reconnaissance Office (NROL)
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster B1092)
Flight for the Booster: 2
Previous Flights of the Booster: 1 Starlink Mission (Turnaround 26 days)

Price: $69,75 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 m
Height: 70 m
Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO
Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 kilonewtons
Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meters/ Height 13 meters
Stages: 2

SpaceX is targeting March 24, 2025, at 1:48 p.m. EDT, 1748 UTC, 18:48 CET for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-69 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Tuesday, March 25 at 1:34 p.m. ET.

The payload is classified because of a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NROL).

This is the second flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched a Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here: https://flightclub.io/live

Countdown
Hr/Min/Sec Event
00:38:00 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load
00:35:00 RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins
00:35:00 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins
00:16:00 2nd stage LOX loading begins
00:07:00 Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch
00:01:00 Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks
00:01:00 Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins
00:00:45 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
00:00:03 Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start
00:00:00 Falcon 9 liftoff