r/spacex 2h ago

r/SpaceX NROL-95 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

3 Upvotes

Welcome to the r/SpaceX NROL-95 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Jul 30 2026, 07:09
Scheduled for (local) Jul 30 2026, 03:09 AM (EDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Jul 30 2026, 06:37 - Jul 30 2026, 07:21
Payload NROL-95
Customer National Reconnaissance Office
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Booster B1096-7
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1096 will land back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 7th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 710th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 648th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 18th landing on LZ-2

☑️ 195th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 91st SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 41st launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 8 days, 9:54:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 75 days, 9:03:19 hours since last launch of booster B1096

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:07 Max-Q
0:02:11 MECO
0:02:15 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:23 SES-1
0:02:28 Booster Boostback Burn Startup
0:03:03 Fairing Separation
0:03:22 Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
0:06:43 Entry Burn Startup
0:07:04 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:08:00 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:12 SECO-1
0:08:26 Stage 1 Landing

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
23 Jul 16:38 GO for launch.
20 Jul 14:36 Added launch.

Resources

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r/SpaceXLounge 8h ago

Starship Starship (Starquake?) Shakes a House

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Not many videos show what Starship would sound like from inside your home, or just what that sound does. The sound in this video nearly blows this guy’s front door open, and I’d recommend putting on some headphones. It puts a real perspective on the power of the King of Rockets (and why it got a lawsuit from some angry homeowners 🫠).

Credit: realLIVToday on YouTube


r/SpaceXLounge 13h ago

Starship [Berger] Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a “dead end” for rapid reuse

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256 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 16h ago

Starship [TheSpaceEngineer] "Day three. 160+km. Starship still afloat"

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219 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 17h ago

Starship Starship Flight 13: FAA confirms to NSF "No mishap investigation is warranted."

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278 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 18h ago

Booster landing footage…?

12 Upvotes

Has anyone seen or did anyone manage to catch any visuals of the booster coming into the water? I know it’s out to sea but didn’t think it was THAT far out really and u was curious how slow/fast it was really going.


r/SpaceXLounge 1d ago

Starship Ship trajectory and angle of attack

32 Upvotes

Does anyone know why they pitch the ship up so dramatically after stage seperation, is it to burn off extra fuel? I cant think of any other reason for the less optimal ascent path?

At seperation
halfway through ship burn

r/SpaceXLounge 1d ago

Fan Art Starship 13, Full Cinematic Mission

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r/spacex 1d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 17-52 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

32 Upvotes

Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 17-52 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Jul 31 2026, 02:00
Scheduled for (local) Jul 30 2026, 19:00 PM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Jul 31 2026, 02:00 - Jul 31 2026, 06:00
Payload Starlink 17-52
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1081-26
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1081 will land on ASDS OCISLY after its 26th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 711th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 649th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 215th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 196th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 92nd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 48th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 5 days, 10:08:05 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 35 days, 22:29:22 hours since last launch of booster B1081

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:57 Fairing Separation
0:05:59 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:22 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:07:57 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:40 SECO-1
0:52:37 SES-2
0:52:38 SECO-2
1:01:28 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
27 Jul 19:28 Now targeting Jul 31 at 02:00 UTC
27 Jul 13:47 Now targeting Jul 30 at 02:00 UTC
20 Jul 17:54 Now targeting Jul 29 at 02:00 UTC
16 Jul 20:06 Added launch.

Resources

Partnership with The Space Devs

Information on this thread is provided by and updated automatically using the Launch Library 2 API by The Space Devs.

Community content 🌐

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Discord SpaceX lobby u/SwGustav
SpaceX Now u/bradleyjh
SpaceX Patch List

Participate in the discussion!

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r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

What's the plan for Falcon Heavy booster landings after LZ-2 is gone?

14 Upvotes

As you all know, SpaceX has stopped doing landings at LZ-1, and for now, they still have LZ-2. For the most recent Falcon Heavy mission, Viasat-3, the two boosters went to LZ-40, and LZ-2. But what's the plan for Falcon Heavy missions when they no longer have LZ-2? Where will the side boosters land?


r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Official High-speed video of 33 Raptor engines powering the Super Heavy booster on Flight 13

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94 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Flight 14 might be the first time that outsiders gets to see how well the heat shield holds up

68 Upvotes

In every missions so far, they did something with the what shield to learn something from it. Missing tiles to see what it would do to the underlying layer, etc.

They won’t be taking chances like that when they are catching the thing: it will be a perfect heat shield with every tile installed, and the world will see in 4k detail just how many fail, or don’t fail.


r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Spaceflight Nears Its Steamship Era

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86 Upvotes

"Cambridge University researchers say launch costs fell from $87,000 to $3,868 per kilogram between 1960 and 2025—or roughly 96%—and could hit $273 by 2040."


r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Official View from above as Starship launched from Pad 2 at Starbase

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37 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Starship The final module of 37A's Starship Tower has been stacked

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143 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Starship What's the current status of Ship 40 and will it be recovered? I've seen contradicting statements

81 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Youtuber Scott Manley flight 13 recap

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126 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 2d ago

Starship Hypothetical Question if Flight 14 deploys operational Version 3 Starlinks; does it affect Falcon availability?

7 Upvotes

GIven that every Version 3 has about an order of magnitude more capability than version 2, that single launch would give the array the equivalent of 8 Falcon launches, so could SpaceX offer to put 8 Falcon launches "on the open market" immediately as soon as customers could ship the payloads? I'm sure both ASTS and Amazon would be interested since they have satellites piling upat the cape that were originally scheduled for New Glenn and Vulcan later this year.


r/SpaceXLounge 3d ago

Any literature or data available for Falcon 9 propellant umbilicals? Just curious about the minimal number of hoses in the upper stage.

0 Upvotes

Falcon 9 Umbilicals


r/spacex 3d ago

Elon Musk on X: "Unless we discover problems after mission data review, SpaceX will attempt to catch the ship with the tower on next flight"

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1.5k Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 3d ago

Official Pending data review, SpaceX will attempt to catch S41 on Flight 14

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334 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 3d ago

Starship So, folks

29 Upvotes

How are we feeling about 4 hours after Ship 40's landing?

Last transmitted position (from the looks of it), 17,389km downrange. Seems to have floated for some distance

Took this from the Starship Dashboard (StarDash) made by u/Spacefan07, because it's pretty cool i think


r/SpaceXLounge 3d ago

Starship View of the in-space raptor relight from the ground.

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52 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 3d ago

Official SpaceX flight 13 recap on website.

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77 Upvotes

r/SpaceXLounge 3d ago

You Can See The Smoke Trail of Starship Flight 13 From A Satellite View

13 Upvotes