Launch board / mission brief
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-481
USSF-481 · Falcon 9 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Space Launch Complex 4E
T−
T+ flown
Mission
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.
Flight data
- NET
- 2026-10-16 00:01 UTC
- Local
- 2026-10-16 08:01 (Asia/Shanghai)
- Window
- 2026-10-15 23:44 UTC → 2026-10-16 03:44 UTC
- Status
- Launch Successful (Success)
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Site
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Orbit
- Polar Orbit
- Probability
- —
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Vehicle record
- Falcon 9 →
- Pad record
- Space Launch Complex 4E →
Watch it happen
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