Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-108), launched from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. The Falcon 9 first stage, flying its fifth mission, landed at Landing Zone 1, SpaceX's 70th booster recovery and its final launch of 2020.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 46th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 2020, 14:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2020-101
- Launches in 2020
- 111th of 114
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