SpaceX

NROL-77

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Tuesday December 9 2025, 19:16:25 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitUnknown

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitUnknown

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday December 9 2025, 19:16:25 UTC→Tuesday December 9 2025, 19:16:25 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

NROL-77

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Tuesday December 9 2025, 19:16:25 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go94%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitUnknown

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1096

active4th flight

Flights7

Landings7/7100%

Fastest turn28d 15h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-2· 15 km downrange

28d 15h since last flight

Falcon 9 booster.

Previous flights · 6

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go94%LL2 Go98%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud20%Temp25°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 5424 m above freezing 4590 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 5424 m, mean 4501 m, 100% cover, freezing 4590 m

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitUnknown

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday December 9 2025, 19:16:25 UTC→Tuesday December 9 2025, 19:16:25 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1096

active4th flight

Flights7

Landings7/7100%

Fastest turn28d 15h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-2· 15 km downrange

28d 15h since last flight

Falcon 9 booster.

Previous flights · 6

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskLOW

Go94%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go94%LL2 Go98%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud20%Temp25°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 5424 m above freezing 4590 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 5424 m, mean 4501 m, 100% cover, freezing 4590 m