SpaceX Falcon 9 launches NROL-77

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Falcon 9 launch of a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from SLC-40. Instantaneous launch window: December 9th at 2:16:25PM EST (19:26:25 UTC) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-77 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Booster: B1096-4; 28d 15h 54min 55s turnaround Booster history: LF-01, IMAP, and Starlink Group 6-87. Booster recovery: Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) Fairing recovery: Unknown Rocket trajectory: Northeast Payload mass: Classified Stats: - SpaceX's 603rd launch overall. - SpaceX's 164th launch of the year. - SpaceX's 7th launch of the month. - Earth's X orbital launch of the year. - Falcon's 223rd launch s...