NROL-146, the first batch of the National Reconnaissance Office's new proliferated constellation of small reconnaissance satellites built with SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, launched from Vandenberg. The Falcon 9 booster completed its 16th flight and landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.5 T
- Flight
- 280th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 22 May 2024, 08:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2024-096
- Launches in 2024
- 98th of 263
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