SpaceX is making ready for its ultimate mission supporting the Nationwide Reconnaissance Workplace in 2024.

The NROL-149 mission is focusing on liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket from House Launch Advanced 4 East (SLC-4E) at 5:20 a.m. PST (8:20 a.m. EST, 1320 UTC).

Spaceflight Now could have stay protection starting about half-hour previous to liftoff.



The Falcon 9 booster supporting the mission will contact down on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You,’ a little bit greater than eight minutes after liftoff. If profitable, this would be the 114th booster touchdown on OCISLY and the 384th booster touchdown up to now.

Onboard the rocket are an undisclosed variety of satellites, that are believed to be Starshield, the federal government variant of the Starlink satellites.