Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146

Liftoff Time
May 22, 2024 – 08:00 UTC
May 22, 2024 – 01:00 PDT
Mission Name
NROL-146
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
NROL
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1071-16; 50.23-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Payload mass
Unknown
Where did the satellites go?
Polar Low-Earth Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1071 successfully completed a landing on Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)

Tug: Kimberly C; Support: GO Beyond
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by GO Beyond
This was the
– 50th reflight of a Falcon booster in 2024
– 338th Falcon 9 mission
– 267th Falcon 9 flight with a flight-proven booster
– 281st reflight of a Falcon booster
– 310th booster landing
– 236th consecutive Falcon booster landing
– 53rd SpaceX launch of 2024
– 77th SpaceX launch from SLC-4E

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