Launch
USSF-481
Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX · October 16, 2026
A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of ascent rocket stage drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transport Layer launches.
- Date (UTC)
- 2026-10-16 00:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Company
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Orbit
- Polar Orbit
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