Launched the Space Development Agency's T1TL-E mission, carrying 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer data-relay satellites to polar orbit for the Pentagon's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture; booster B1103 landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15 T (est.)
- Flight
- 609th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 16 July 2026, 20:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2026-163
- Launches in 2026
- 170th of 243
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