Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch & Landing π
Watch live as SpaceX launches and lands a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified spy satellite from Cape Canaveral.

Spaceflight Now
24.7K views β’ Dec 9, 2025

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Watch live coverage from Cape Canaveral as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled for 2:16 p.m. EST (1916 UTC) on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The first-stage booster for this mission, B1096, making its fourth flight will return to land at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 2, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.
The mission, NROL-77, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.
Our live coverage with commentary by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch.
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The mission, NROL-77, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.
Our live coverage with commentary by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch.
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