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Watch Live: SpaceX launches and lands Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral on spy satellite mission

Watch live coverage from Cape Canaveral as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled for 2:16 p.m. EST (1916 UTC) on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The first-stage booster for this …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches NROL-77

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. …

NROL-77 Mission

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NROL-77

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 98%
B1096 - Landing Zone 2

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 9, 2025, 10:49 p.m.

Launch success.


hitura-nobad • Dec. 9, 2025, 7:16 p.m.

Liftoff!


LL2 • Dec. 9, 2025, 7:02 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 9, 2025, 6:52 p.m.

Updated launch weather forecast.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 8, 2025, 10:12 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

Booster Info


B1096

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: July 16, 2025
Last Flight: October 13, 2026
Flights: 8
Landings Attempted: 8
Landings Successful: 8
Previous B1096 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1096 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) after its 4th flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 2.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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