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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-179

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-179

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Mission brief

The flight at a glance.

Fourteenth 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.

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Published flight sequence

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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.

  1. T−00:38:00

    GO for Prop Load

  2. T−00:35:00

    Prop Load

  3. T−00:35:00

    Stage 1 LOX Load

  4. T−00:16:00

    Stage 2 LOX Load

  5. T−00:07:00

    Engine Chill

  6. T−00:01:00

    Tank Press

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  1. T−00:01:00

    Startup

  2. T−00:00:45

    GO for Launch

  3. T−00:00:03

    Ignition

  4. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  5. T+00:01:02

    Max-Q

  6. T+00:02:10

    MECO

  7. T+00:02:14

    Stage 2 Separation

  8. T+00:02:22

    SES-1

  9. T+00:02:56

    Fairing Separation

  10. T+00:03:21

    Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

  11. T+00:06:01

    Entry Burn Startup

  12. T+00:06:18

    Entry Burn Shutdown

  13. T+00:07:18

    Stage 1 Landing Burn

  14. T+00:07:43

    Stage 1 Landing