NROL-105 carried a classified batch of National Reconnaissance Office satellites to orbit from Vandenberg, the 12th launch for the NRO's proliferated architecture constellation; the booster returned for a landing at Vandenberg on its second flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.5 T
- Flight
- 532nd
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 17 January 2026, 04:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2026-011
- Launches in 2026
- 14th of 243
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