Recorded mission
Watch
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-126
Recorded mission coverage
Playing a video connects to YouTube. Coverage may be scheduled, live or recorded. If a player is unavailable, use “Open source”.
Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Fifth 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. 20 of the 22 satellites launched are actually civilian use Starlink satellites.
Open the full mission →Published flight sequence
Know what comes next.
Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
- T−00:38:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Startup
See all 23 published steps ↓
- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:06
Max-Q
- T+00:02:26
MECO
- T+00:02:29
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:36
SES-1
- T+00:03:19
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:14
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:36
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:07:52
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:14
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:08:38
SECO-1
- T+00:54:41
SES-2
- T+00:54:45
SECO-2
- T+01:01:49
Payload Separation