NROL-97
SpaceX (for the National Reconnaissance Office) · Falcon Heavy
At a glance
- Status
- launched
- Provider
- SpaceX (for the National Reconnaissance Office)
- Vehicle
- Falcon Heavy
- Window
- 2 October 2026 · 03:54 UTC
- From
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
- Destination
- Classified
- Last verified
- 2 October 2026
Outcome
LAUNCHED · verified against the sources below on 2 October 2026.
The payload
National Reconnaissance Office payload, launched on Thursday 1 October 2026 at 11:54 p.m. EDT, which is 03:54 UTC on 2 October. It is the third Falcon Heavy flight of 2026, after ViaSat-3 F3 in April and the Roman Space Telescope in August on Jonathan McDowell's catalogue. SpaceX's mission page records that the two side boosters were on their second and fourth flights, having previously launched GOES-U, ViaSat-3 F3 and Roman, and that they landed at Landing Zones 1 and 2. The payload is classified.
Status history
- 2 Oct 2026Added as launched from SpaceX's own mission page: liftoff from LC-39A at 11:54 p.m. EDT on 1 October, 03:54 UTC on 2 October. As with USSF-366, the flight falls on one date in US local time and the next in UTC, and this board is UTC throughout.
Related
Sources
- spacex.com · https://www.spacex.com/launches/nrol97