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NROL-95 Launch Thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-07-30, 07:09:01 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2026-07-30, 03:09:01 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1096-7 | | Landing | LZ-2 | | Payload | NROL-95 | | Customer | NRO | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to LEO |

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Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 41st launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 8 days, 9:54:01 turnaround for SLC-40

☑️ 75 days, 9:03:20 turnaround for B1096

☑️ 18th landing on LZ-2

☑️ 648th Falcon Family Booster landing, 659th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 88th Falcon 9 mission this year, 671st overall

☑️ 91st SpaceX mission this year, 701st overall (excluding Starship test flights)

☑️ 91st SpaceX launch this year, 710th overall (including Starship test flights)

Mission info

NROL-95 is a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, suspected to be a next-generation Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellite.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

Nominal orbit insertion, and stage 1 landing confirmed!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

Nominal entry burn.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, boostback burn, and fairing separation.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

Liftoff!