NROL-108Falcon 9 Block 5 SpaceX Launch Status Success Sat ยท Dec 19th, 2020 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieBeLN9TnMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OeVwaFBkfE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8IT7nKUmc Mission NROL-108 Type: Government/Top Secret Classified payload for NRO. Location Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 Length: 70 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launched: May 11, 2018 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. The Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket has been launched a total of 48 times with 48 successful and 0 failed launches. Landing B1059 has successfully landed back at LZ-1 after its fifth launch. Landing Zone 1 – LZ-1 LZ-1 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13 Return to Launch Site – RTLS A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from. Agency SpaceX Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USA Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule