Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-77
Falcon 9 Block 5 launched the NROL-77 mission for SpaceX from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on Dec 9, 2025 (UTC).
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Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-77
Launched Dec 10, 2025 4:16:25 AMSuccess
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.
About the mission
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Wed, Dec 10 · 4:16:25 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA