SpaceX Falcon 9 NROL-85 launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : April 17, 2022
Falcon 9 NROL-85 launch carrying a classified payload for the NRO.
View from an altitude of 6500'.
This was the 2nd flight of B1071, and the 5th booster RTLS at LZ-4.
Reported weather: KVBG 171313Z 01003KT 2SM BR OVC004 09/08 A3019; KLPC 171256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC007 10/09 A3020
Launch time approximately 13:13:15 UTC, 15 minutes before sunrise. Image times approximate.
13:13:34Z (L+00:19)
13:13:37Z (L+00:22)
13:13:48Z (L+00:33)
13:14:03Z (L+00:48) Shooting past the moon...
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13:14:08Z (L+00:53)
13:14:16Z (L+01:01)
13:14:30Z (L+01:15)
13:14:37Z (L+01:22) Into the sunrise
13:14:47Z (L+01:32)
13:15:00Z (L+01:45)
13:15:13Z (L+01:58)
13:15:21Z (L+02:06)
13:15:31Z (L+02:16)
13:15:46Z (L+02:31) Staging
13:15:49Z (L+02:34)
13:15:50Z (L+02:35)
13:15:54Z (L+02:39) Boostback burn
13:15:54Z (L+02:39)
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13:16:13Z (L+02:58)
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13:16:52Z (L+03:37)
13:17:03Z (L+03:48)
13:17:59Z (L+04:44) Second stage and fairings
13:19:32Z (L+06:17) First stage
13:19:43Z (L+06:28) Entry burn
13:19:45Z (L+06:30)
13:19:58Z (L+06:43)
13:20:04Z (L+06:49)
13:20:06Z (L+06:51) Dropping through uphill exhaust plume
13:20:12Z (L+06:57)
13:20:14Z (L+06:59)
13:20:28Z (L+07:13) Falling into sunset
13:20:46Z (L+07:31)
13:20:48Z (L+07:33) Falling past the moon...
13:20:49Z (L+07:34)
13:20:49Z (L+07:34) Rolling shutter artifact?
13:20:50Z (L+07:35) Rolling shutter artifact?
13:20:50Z (L+07:35) Rolling shutter artifact?
13:20:50Z (L+07:35)
13:20:51Z (L+07:36) Landing burn
13:20:51Z (L+07:36)
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13:21:11Z (L+07:56)
13:21:13Z (L+07:58)
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13:21:14Z (L+07:59)
13:21:14Z (L+07:59) Back into the fogbank
13:21:15Z (L+08:00)
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