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Mission

NROL-145

Type:

Government/Top Secret

Orbit:

Unknown

Eleventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

Status

To Be Determined

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

USA

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) is a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. The pad was previously used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005. The pad was built for use by Atlas-Agena rockets, but was later rebuilt to handle Titan rockets.

Latitude: 34.632

longitude: -120.611

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Location

Timezone:

America/Los_Angeles

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Location total Launch count:

798

Location total Landing count:

26

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Family: Falcon

Variant: Block 5

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Details

Min stage: 1

Max stage: 2m

Length: 70.0m

Diameter: 3.65

First Flight: May 11, 2018

Total launch count: 400

Successful launches: 399

Failed launches: 1

Pending launches: 98

Consecutive successful launches: 102

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 22800kg

Launch cost: US$52000000

Apogee: 200km

Attempted landings: 392

Successful landings: 387

Failed landings: 5

Consecutive successful landings: 87

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 8300kg

Manufacturer

SpaceX

Type:

Commercial

None

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Agency

SpaceX

Type: Commercial

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Details

SpaceX

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-145

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