NROL-57: eighth launch of the NRO's proliferated architecture, deploying Starshield reconnaissance satellites built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman from Vandenberg; the mission set a record nine-day Falcon 9 booster turnaround.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 17.5 T
- Flight
- 393rd
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 21 March 2025, 06:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2025-058
- Launches in 2025
- 60th of 329
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