Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146

  • Trevor Sesnic
    • 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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