Mission description
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
Weather concern: Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Launch index
Mission imagery · Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Successful
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-69
March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM UTC
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch details
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March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM UTC
Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.5619, -80.5774
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Launch probability
- 90%
- Window opens
- March 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM UTC
- Window closes
- March 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM UTC
- Feed updated
- April 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM UTC
Mission media
Watch the launch.
GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-69 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - March 24, 2025
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Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon · Block 5
Height
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
LEO capacity
22,800 kg
Successful launches
638
Launch complex
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
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Official links
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