Falcon 9 flew SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A from Vandenberg SLC-4E, placing 21 Northrop Grumman data-transport satellites in polar LEO for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. SDA confirmed the fourth Tranche 1 plane, bringing 84 T1 spacecraft on orbit; booster B1103 (sixth flight) landed at LZ-4 after a five-day delay from an Oct. 5 abort.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 636th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 10 October 2026, 07:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- Launches in 2026
- 241st of 243