Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-11-30, 08:10
Scheduled for (local) 2024-11-30, 03:10 (EST)
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Booster B1088-1 (a rare brand-new booster!)
Landing Of Course I Still Love You
Payload NROL-126
Customer National Reconnaissance Office
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://youtube.com/watch?v=1igMQu0vUag
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM-we7fdhtg
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1862771327394009232
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwI55GWsCS4

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 41st launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 6 days, 2:44:30 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 53rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 112th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 380th Falcon family booster landing, 394th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 119th Falcon 9 mission this year, 405th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 121st SpaceX mission of 2024, 421st mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 125th SpaceX launch this year, 437th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Fifth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.