SpaceX
Possible visibilityFalcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-95
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
- Liftoff
- 04:09 AM ADT
- Jul 30, 2026
- Countdown
- —
- Bearing
- 259°
- West
- Lighting
- Night — plume glow
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United Launch Alliance
Starliner-1 is the first operational flight of a Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Due to problems with the Starliner spacecraft's RCS attitude control system during the Crew Flight Test mission in 2024, this mission has been re-scoped to not carry a crew by NASA. It will instead deliver necessary cargo to the orbital laboratory and allow in-flight validation of the system upgrades implemented following the Crew Flight Test mission last year.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Possible visibility from Bermuda, conditions permitting.
Face west (258.8655534766949°) and sweep along the trajectory. Start scanning the sky about six minutes after liftoff.
Sweep order (approximate)
You are standing at the amber dot in the middle. The solid cyan arrow is where to aim your eyes — roughly where the rocket will appear highest in the sky.
Lighting note
At night, look for the faint glow of the exhaust plume rather than the rocket itself. Let your eyes adjust for several minutes before liftoff, and avoid looking at phone screens.
Bermuda weather
Checking conditions…
SpaceX
Possible visibilityClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
SpaceX
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