A Falcon 9 carried the classified USSF-366 mission for the U.S. Space Force to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base, lifting off just 38.5 minutes after a Cape Canaveral Falcon 9 carrying Globalstar satellites, a new SpaceX record for the shortest gap between two orbital launches.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 16 T (est.)
- Flight
- 621st
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 16 August 2026, 01:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2026-186
- Launches in 2026
- 195th of 243
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