Scheduled for (UTC) 2025-12-09, 19:16:25
Scheduled for (local) 2025-12-09, 11:16:25 (PST)
Launch site SLC-40 Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Booster B1096-4
Landing LZ-2
Payload NROL-77
Customer National Reconnaissance Office
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to LEO

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj5_KkzJBvU
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSLH8L42da4
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJz_kRcQZE
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGvxjiCC4aw
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1998468771879522558
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqKMaGrn874

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 6 days, 20:57:35 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 72nd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 28 days, 15:54:55 turnaround for B1096

☑️ 16th landing on LZ-2

☑️ 554th Falcon Family Booster landing, 557th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 159th Falcon 9 mission this year, 577th overall

☑️ 164th SpaceX mission this year, 604th overall (excluding Starship test flights)

☑️ 164th SpaceX launch this year, 614th overall (including Starship test flights)

Mission info

NROL-77 is a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, suspected to be a next-generation Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellite.