Astro Radar
Time to be confirmed · SpaceX
NROL-195
Falcon 9 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Liftoff in 16 days 17 h, time to be confirmed
- Liftoff
- Sun, Nov 29 · 4:00 PM PST at the pad
- Status
- Time to be confirmed
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Orbit
- Low Earth
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Provider
- SpaceX
The mission
Falcon 9 is set to launch NROL-195 for SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E in Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, Mon, Nov 30 · 12:00 AM UTC, a time still to be confirmed. Target orbit: Low Earth. Mission type: Government/Top Secret. The first stage is booster Unknown F9. It is SpaceX's 753rd launch.
Sixteenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
See it on the radar: the countdown, the flight path and where to look from your ZIP code.
Can I see it?
Set your ZIP code on the radar to see how far you are from the pad.
Liftoff is in daylight at the pad. In daylight a rocket shows only as a white exhaust trail, which people usually see from within about 124 mi (200 km).
It should head southeast from the pad. We guess the heading from the target orbit, so the real path can differ.
Whether you can see it depends on where you are, the weather and the exact time. Open it on Astro Radar with your ZIP code for a modeled estimate of where to look, worked out for every second of the flight. It is an estimate, not a promise.
Watch it with friends
Send NROL-195 · Falcon 9 to a group chat on Astro, or make it a plan: Astro opens a new plan called Watch NROL-195 · Falcon 9 with the day and time filled in, for a group or a friend. The time is still to be confirmed, so check it again before the day.
Astro asks you to sign in first, then brings you back to this launch. It gets only the launch's name, time and link, and only when you press the button. Astro is for people 18 and older.
From Launch Library 2, as of Nov 13, 6:26 AM UTC. Times and status can change; the radar has the latest.