NROL-77, probably a new NOSS (or maybe not)

click map to enlarge On 9 December 2025 between 19:06 and 19:28 UTC, SpaceX will launch the classified mission NROL-77 for the NRO , from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral. The NRO Press Kit is here . Navigational Warnings point to initial launch into a ~49 degree inclined coasting orbit . Upon passing the descending node of that parking orbit, about an hour after launch, the Falcon 9 upper stage with…