SpaceX launched the classified USSF-153 mission for the U.S. Space Force from Vandenberg SLC-4E into low Earth orbit. The first-stage booster completed its 27th flight and landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific; SpaceX did not disclose payload deployment details.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 16 T (est.)
- Flight
- 629th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 10 September 2026, 15:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2026-206
- Launches in 2026
- 216th of 243
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