| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-10-16, 00:01:05 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2026-10-15, 17:01:05 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1081-28 | | Landing | OCISLY | | Payload | USSF-481 | | Mass | unknown | | Customer | USSF | | Target Orbit | Polar |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYXidmyZlG4 | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzFtQ3zsl4s | NASASpaceflight | None | The Launch Pad | None | International Rocket Launches | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxThDUst4U | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2110880637418954999 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rd-mypixIg
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 65th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 2 days, 23:32:54 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 35 days, 8:18:35 turnaround for B1081
☑️ 230th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 679th Falcon Family Booster landing, 689th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 114th Falcon 9 mission this year, 697th overall
☑️ 120th SpaceX mission this year, 730th overall (excluding Starship test flights)
☑️ 120th SpaceX launch this year, 739th overall (including Starship test flights)
☑️ 224th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)
Mission info
USSF-481 (TH-2)
USSF-481 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of ascent rocket stage drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transport Layer launches.