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TRACERS & Others launch thread

Scheduled for (UTC)2025-07-23, 18:13
Scheduled for (local)2025-07-23, 11:13 (PDT)
Launch siteSLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
BoosterB1081-16
LandingLanding Zone 4
PayloadsTRACERS, Bard (PExT Demo), Athena EPIC, REAL
CustomerNASA, NOAA, and USSF
Target orbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

Webcasts

StreamLink
Space Affairshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylk4uw7GQys (scrub)
Spaceflight Nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es7tnMxgOuY (scrub)
NASASpaceflightnone
The Launch Padhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsQtwXbjxX8 (scrub)
SpaceX(scrub)
The Space Devshttps://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 31st launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 14:20:01 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 40 days, 16:18:10 turnaround for B1081

☑️ 27th landing on LZ-4

☑️ 484th Falcon family booster landing, 496th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 90th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 508th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 93rd SpaceX mission of 2025, 533rd overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 93rd SpaceX launch of 2025, 543rd overall (including Starship hops)

Mission info

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