SpaceX launches classified USSF-481 mission for US Space Force
SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the classified USSF-481 mission for the U.S. Space Force from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The four-hour launch window opens Oct. 15 at 7:44 p.m. EDT, with the first stage landing on a Pacific drone ship.
- Four-hour launch window opens Oct. 15 at 7:44 p.m. EDT
- Booster 1081 will fly its 28th mission and land on a drone ship
- USSF-481 is the 114th Falcon 9 launch of 2026
- More than 70% of Falcon 9 flights this year were Starlink missions
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