🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches NROL-69

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Launch T0: March 24th at 1:48PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
Backup T0: March 25th at 1:34PM EDT (17:34 UTC)

Mission: F9 launch of NROL-69 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Presumed to be 65º low-Earth orbit
Booster: 1092-2; 25d 14h 13min 40s turnaround
Booster history: Starlink Group 12-13
Booster recovery: Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1)
Fairing recovery: Doug
Rocket trajectory: Northeast up the US east coast
Payload mass: Classified
Stubby nozzle: No idea!
Stats:
· SpaceX's 36th launch of the year and 10th launch of the month
· 98th Falcon launch since the last failure, F9's 450th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 241st launch from SLC-40.
· 50th landing on LZ-1 out of 51 attempts.
· 82nd successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one.

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