Mission
SpaceX plans to launch Falcon 9 on the USSF-481 mission on 15 Oct 2026 · 23:44 UTC from Vandenberg SFB, United States of America. The launch window is 23:44 – 03:44 UTC and the target orbit is PO. The countdown and the livestream link are on this page.
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.
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