Launched the NROL-48 mission from Vandenberg, the 11th batch of the National Reconnaissance Office's proliferated-architecture reconnaissance satellites, believed to be Starshield spacecraft; the booster returned to land at Landing Zone 4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.5 T
- Flight
- 480th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 22 September 2025, 17:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2025-213
- Launches in 2025
- 223rd of 329
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