NROL-85
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
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Mission
NROL-85
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $52,000,000
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
697 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5 – SpaceX
Family: Falcon
Length: 70 m
Diameter: 3.65 m
Launch Mass: 549 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 22800 kg
The Falcon 9 Block 5 was manufactured by SpaceX with the first launch on 2018-05-11. Falcon 9 Block 5 has 99 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 99 launches. 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.
Landing
B1071 has successfully landed back at its launch site after its second flight.
Landing Zone 4 – LZ-4
LZ at Vandenberg
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 operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
To space for humanity.!
Is this local time?
The time should be displayed in your current location.
Neil Armstrong.! great name .
This will be a RTLS!
how do you know what launch pad is being used?
It is listed under the location section
What are the weather/wind requirements to avoid postponement? Probability?
Sustained wind at the launch pad in excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph), upper-level conditions containing wind shear, a cloud layer greater than 4,500 feet (1,400 m) thick that extends into freezing temperatures, other things like lighting, heavy rain also can delay/cancel launch.
Refugio, El Cap and Gaviota SB are good spots, Jalama even better.
Is there a livestream available?
Yes, click on the watch online button at the top of the page close to launch time.
Yo! dud they change the date again to sunday now?
Yes
Happy days are here again for SpaceX.
Keep it Top Secret folks .
Great launch.