SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-113 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live

Launch Date: September 5, 2024 (PDT) Launch Time: 8:20 p.m. PDT - (September 6 0320 UTC, 05:20 CEST) Launch Window: 8:20 p.m. PDT Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Targeted Orbit: LEO Launch Inclination: Southeast Launch Status: Scheduled and announced Mission: NROL-113 Launch Provider: SpaceX Launch Contractor: United States Reconnaissance Office Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster TBD) Flight for the Booster: 20 Previous Flights of the Booster: 19 - Sentinel-6, Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 14 Starlink missions Landing: Autonomous Droneship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Launch status: Scheduled and announced Rocket: - Price: $69,75 million (Standard Mission to LEO without payload) - Diameter 3,7m - Height: 70 m Payload to Orbit: - LEO 22,800 kg - GTO 8,300 kg LiftOff Trust: - 7,607 Kilonewtons Fairing: - Diameter: 5,2 m - Height: 13 m Stages: - 2 SpaceX targets September 5 (PDT) for a launch for the United States Reconnaissance Office the NROL-113 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Station in California. Lift-off is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. PDT - (September 6 0320 UTC, 05:20 CEST). If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Friday, September 6 starting at 7:58 p.m. PT. Following Stage Separation, the Falcon 9 First Stage will attempt to land on the autonomous droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. Because it is a classified mission, there will be no sequences showing the Falcon second stage after the stage separation. NROL-113 The NROL-113 mission is a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office of the United States, built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. It is likely, that the satellites were built by SpaceX based on their Starshield busses. Based on the size of Starshield, the number of satellites on the lanch may be around 20. The flight trajectory will be south. You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here: