Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-09-10, 11:42:00 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2026-09-10, 08:42:00 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1081-27 | | Landing | OCISLY | | Payload | USSF-153 | | Mass | unknown | | Customer | USSF | | Target Orbit | LEO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UboPGsLWIBI | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjWLWxhjqk | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUxS7Qf4kcI | International Rocket Launches | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9fM3waVghw | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2098071592286794151 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPxbkR0BFS0
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 58th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 4 days, 1:15:06 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 40 days, 12:33:17 turnaround for B1081
☑️ 225th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 2nd Falcon Heavy launch this year, 13th overall
☑️ 666th Falcon Family Booster landing, 677th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 104th Falcon 9 mission this year, 687th overall
☑️ 108th SpaceX mission this year, 718th overall (excluding Starship test flights)
☑️ 108th SpaceX launch this year, 727th overall (including Starship test flights)
Mission info
USSF-153 (R-2)
USSF-153 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites for a US government entity based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.
