Scheduled for (UTC) 2026-06-19, 08:50:45
Scheduled for (local) 2026-06-19, 01:50:45 (PDT)
Launch site SLC-4E Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Booster B1103-3
Landing LZ-4
Payload NROL-179
Customer NRO
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of payload to LEO

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoA12hmA3co
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLI1BTVfkM
NASASpaceflight none
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMYjAt2aGjo
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2067889700644454701
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIu4nsv5uQ

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 37th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 17:05:25 turnaround for SLC-4E

☑️ 30 days, 5:53:41 turnaround for B1103

☑️ 35th landing on LZ-4

☑️ 632nd Falcon Family Booster landing, 643rd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 71st Falcon 9 mission this year, 654th overall

☑️ 73rd SpaceX mission this year, 683rd overall (excluding Starship test flights)

☑️ 73rd SpaceX launch this year, 692nd overall (including Starship test flights)

Mission info

NROL-179 (Proliferated Architecture)

The NRO’s Proliferated Architecture is a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. The NRO’s proliferated system will increase timeliness of access, diversify communication pathways, and enhance resilience. It will provide greater revisit rates and increased coverage, and eliminate single points of failure. With hundreds of small satellites on orbit, data will be delivered in minutes or even seconds. This will ensure the analysts, warfighters, and civil agencies NRO serves receive actionable information faster than ever before.