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Mission /

NROL-105

Launch date

17.01.2026

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Rocket /

Falcon 9

Location /

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Description /

Twelfth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

Upcoming missions

  1. Starlink Group 6-100

    18.01.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

    A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

  2. Starlink Group 17-30

    22.01.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

    A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

  3. Starlink Group 17-20

    25.01.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

    A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

  4. Starlink Group 10-36

    28.01.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

    A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. First Starlink launch to feature a Falcon 9 booster landing within The Bahamas waters operationally, after the trajectory was tested during launch of Starlink Group 10-12 in February 2025.

  5. BlueBird Block 2 #2

    31.01.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

    AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 4 satellites.