Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-87

Liftoff Time
February 02, 2022 – 20:27 UTC
February 02, 2022 – 12:27 PST
Mission Name
NROL-87
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
NRO
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1071-1; N/A-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Payload mass
Unknown
Where did the satellites go?
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1071 successfully completed a landing on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4)
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by NRC Quest
This was the
– 140th Falcon 9 mission
– 105th booster landing
– 31st consecutive Falcon booster landing
– 5th SpaceX launch of 2022
– 20th SpaceX launch from SLC-4E

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