Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-136
Falcon 9 Block 5 is scheduled to launch the NROL-136 mission for SpaceX from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, no earlier than Nov 21, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-136
Launched Nov 21, 2026 9:30:00 PMGo
Flight direction
90° E
orbit unknown: due east assumed
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
Can I see it from my city?
Night launch: the flame can be seen as a rising, flickering light from hundreds of kilometers away.
- Santa Maria, CAonly 37 km away: look southwest; it climbs high into the sky
- San Buenaventura (Ventura), CAabout 131 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Oxnard, CAabout 137 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Thousand Oaks, CAabout 167 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Bakersfieldabout 167 km away: look southwest, low on the horizon
- Simi Valley, CAabout 176 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Santa Clarita, CAabout 195 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Burbank, CAabout 215 km away: look west, low on the horizon
Rough guide: clouds, the horizon and the rocket's path decide in the end.
About the mission
Fifteenth 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.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Sat, Nov 21 · 9:30:00 PM · in 8.7 days
- Status
- Go
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA