Overview
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-95
ArchivedSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launched
July 30, 2026 — 07:10 UTC
Image credit: SpaceX
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Launch Provider
SpaceX
- Country
- United States of America
- Founded
- 2002
- Leadership
- CEO: Elon Musk
- Launch Record
- 694 success, 15 failed
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.
Mission
NROL-95
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target Orbit
- Unknown
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
- Height
- 70.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Liftoff Mass
- 549.0 t
- Liftoff Thrust
- 7607.0 kN
- Mass to LEO
- 22800.0 kg
- Mass to GTO
- 8300.0 kg
- Reusable
- Yes
- Maiden Flight
- 2018-05-11
- Launch Success
- 612 / 613
- Consecutive Success
- 315
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.
Booster / First Stage
Core — B1096
- Serial
- B1096
- Status
- active
- Flight Proven
- Yes
- Flights
- 6 (this is #7)
- Landing Attempt
- Yes
- Landing Success
- Unknown
- Landing Site
- Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2)
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Countdown Sequence
| T-00:38:00 | Launch director verifies go for propellant load |
| T-00:35:00 | Start of propelland loading |
| T-00:35:00 | Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage |
| T-00:16:00 | Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage |
| T-00:07:00 | Start of engine chilling |
| T-00:01:00 | Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels |
| T-00:01:00 | The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks |
| T-00:00:45 | Launch director verifies go for launch |
| T-00:00:03 | Start of the engine ignition sequence |
| T+00:00:00 | First upwards movement of the rocket |
| T+00:01:07 | Maximum dynamic pressure |
| T+00:02:11 | Cut-off of the main engine |
| T+00:02:15 | Separation of the second stage from the first |
| T+00:02:23 | First start of the second engine |
| T+00:02:28 | Start of the booster boostback burn |
| T+00:03:03 | Separation of the payload fairing |
| T+00:03:22 | End of the booster boostback burn |
| T+00:06:43 | Start of the atmospheric entry burn |
| T+00:07:04 | End of the atmospheric entry burn |
| T+00:08:00 | Start of the first stage landing burn |
| T+00:08:12 | First cut-off of the second engine |
| T+00:08:26 | Landing of the first stage |
Latest Updates
Now targeting Jul 30 at 07:10 UTC
July 30, 2026 — 05:28 UTC
Updated launch weather, 70% GO.
July 29, 2026 — 22:01 UTC
Now targeting Jul 30 at 07:09 UTC
July 29, 2026 — 07:49 UTC
GO for launch.
July 23, 2026 — 16:38 UTC
Added launch.
July 20, 2026 — 14:36 UTC