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Launch record

NROL-97

SpaceX

No material schedule change observed

Latest target: 2 Oct 2026, 03:54 UTC

LL2 status: Success

Target date history

Observed by Orbital Current in its daily captures of Launch Library 2, since .

Last target observed: 2 Oct 2026, 03:54 UTC (precision: Minute), in Orbital Current’s captures from until .

  1. · First target Orbital Current observed

    the 2020sprecision: Decade

    4 captures, 5 Sep 2026 to 8 Sep 2026

  2. · Target narrowed

    Q4 2026precision: Quarter 4

    11 captures, 9 Sep 2026 to 24 Sep 2026

    No capture ran from 17 Sep to 21 Sep 2026. The target was the same on both sides of it, so a change inside this period would not be visible.

  3. · Now has a date

    2 Oct 2026, 03:53 UTCprecision: Minute

    7 captures, 25 Sep 2026 to 1 Oct 2026

  4. · The target changedlast observed

    2 Oct 2026, 03:54 UTCprecision: Minute

    1 capture

  5. Not in Orbital Current’s captures after 2 Oct 2026. This alone does not show what happened to the launch.

Evidence and sources

Every capture Orbital Current has of this launch’s schedule target
Capture (UTC)Raw Launch Library 2 valueLL2 status
2029-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 (DEC)TBD
2029-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 (DEC)TBD
2029-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 (DEC)TBD
2029-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 (DEC)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 (Q4)TBD
2026-10-02T03:53:00+00:00 (MIN)Go
2026-10-02T03:53:00+00:00 (MIN)Go
2026-10-02T03:53:00+00:00 (MIN)Go
2026-10-02T03:53:00+00:00 (MIN)Go
2026-10-02T03:53:00+00:00 (MIN)Go
2026-10-02T03:53:00+00:00 (MIN)Go
2026-10-02T03:53:00+00:00 (MIN)Go
2026-10-02T03:54:00+00:00 (MIN)Success

The raw value is the timestamp Launch Library 2 stores. For an estimated target (a month, quarter, half-year or year) LL2 stores a single timestamp inside that window; it is not a date that any agency or provider stated.

Source: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), as captured daily by Orbital Current.

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