SpaceX's Falcon 9 vehicle is set to launch the NROL-167 mission Thursday morning from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Liftoff is targeted for at 10:13 a.m., and if needed, a backup opportunity is available on Friday, Oct. 25 at 9:59 a.m.
In a third mission from the West Coast, the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX will send a batch of reconnaissance satellites to low-Earth orbit as part of the agency's ongoing effort to construct a proliferated satellite constellation.
Intelligence gathered by these satellites, according to reports, provides data to several vital government agencies.
Following stage separation of the two-stage reusable booster, the first stage will return to Earth's atmosphere and land on the Of Course I Still Love You autonomous droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
This is the 21st flight for the first stage booster supporting the mission, which previously launched NROL-113, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 14 Starlink missions.
A live webcast of this mission will begin approximately 10 minutes prior to liftoff at www.spacex.com and X.