Scheduled for (UTC) 2025-01-10, 03:53
Scheduled for (local) 2025-01-09, 19:53 (PST)
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Booster 1071-22
Landing Of Course I Still Love You
Payload NROL-153
Customer US National Reconnaissance Office
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to desired orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhDr6PsRfik
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks_Y_3yVI8w
NASASpaceflight none
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0PohMYcpH8
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1877561087161508023
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyu2ox9qco

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 1st launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 12 days, 1:54:30 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 4th Falcon 9 mission this year, 422nd Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 4th SpaceX mission of 2025, 438th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 4th SpaceX launch this year, 453rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

☑️ 70th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 117th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 396th Falcon family booster landing, 411th Falcon recovery attempt

Mission info

Seventh 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.