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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS

August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM UTC

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · 34.6320, -120.6110

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Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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Mission description

NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years. Also on board the launch is Dhruva Space's LEAP-1; Planet's Pelican-3 and Pelican-4; and Exolaunch’s Acadia-6, FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3.

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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NAOS (LUXEOSys) - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - August 27, 2025

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Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon · Block 5

Height

70 m

Diameter

3.65 m

LEO capacity

22,800 kg

Successful launches

624

Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

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Successful deployment of all payloads

August 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM UTC · Nosu

Liftoff

August 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM UTC · Nosu

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

August 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM UTC · LL2

Adding seconds to T-0

August 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM UTC · Nosu

GO for launch.

August 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin