NROL-195 is a Falcon 9 launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the U.S. government agency that builds and runs its spy satellites. Our launch feed lists it from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The box above will show its time in California time and in your own local time once a time is set. The box checks for changes every 10 minutes while the page is open.
When is the NROL-195 launch?
Not known yet. When we checked on 27 October 2026, neither SpaceX's launches page nor the NRO's launches page listed NROL-195. Our launch feed has it no earlier than November 2026, with no day or time. That is an estimate, not a date from SpaceX or the NRO. This page does not give a date or a time because neither one has given one.
Launch dates often move. The clocks in California go back by one hour on 1 November, so use the box above to read the exact hour in your own time once there is one.
What did an earlier NRO launch from Vandenberg look like?
The NRO's NROL-179 mission launched on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E on Friday 19 June 2026 at 1:50 a.m. Pacific Time, says SpaceX. The first-stage booster landed back at Vandenberg, on Landing Zone 4. SpaceX said people in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties might hear sonic booms.
On its NROL-179 page the NRO describes a strategy of "a proliferated overhead architecture", meaning numerous, smaller satellites. It has not said what NROL-195 will carry, so this page does not either. We do not know yet whether NROL-195 will land its booster at Vandenberg or at sea.
How can I watch it online?
SpaceX streams most of its launches live on its website and on X. When a webcast is listed, a link appears in the box above. Check SpaceX's launches page close to the time.
Can I see it from Southern California?
Possibly. It depends on the time of day and the weather. See Can I see the Vandenberg launch from LA or San Diego?
Another upcoming Vandenberg launch has a window listed: see When is the USSF-432 launch? For all of SpaceX's next launches from California, see When is the next SpaceX launch from Vandenberg?