SpaceX is making ready for its remaining mission supporting the Nationwide Reconnaissance Workplace in 2024.
The NROL-149 mission is concentrating on liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket from Area Launch Complicated 4 East (SLC-4E) at 5:20 a.m. PST (8:20 a.m. EST, 1320 UTC).
Spaceflight Now may have reside protection starting about half-hour previous to liftoff.
The Falcon 9 booster supporting the mission will contact down on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You,’ slightly greater than eight minutes after liftoff. If profitable, this would be the 114th booster touchdown on OCISLY and the 384th booster touchdown thus far.
Onboard the rocket are an undisclosed variety of satellites, that are believed to be Starshield, the federal government variant of the Starlink satellites.
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