Falcon Heavy | NROL-97
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Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, at 11:53 p.m. EDT (0353 UTC on Oct. 2). The Falcon Heavy's side boosters will …
Launch Window: October 1st from 23:53 to 00:42 EDT (03:53-04:42 UTC on the 2nd) Current T0: October 1st at 23:53 EDT (03:53 UTC on the 2nd) Mission: Falcon Heavy launch of NROL-97 for the National Reconnaissance Office Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth. Target orbit: Classified - …
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
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Launch success.
Payload deployed.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Tweaked T-0.
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
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The Falcon Heavy center core B1106 will be expended.
Core will be expended.
The Falcon Heavy side booster B1104 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 1 after its 2nd flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.The Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 4th flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 2.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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