USSF-481 Mission

Launch Countdown

Date & Time

15 Oct, 11:44pm

Location

Vandenberg SFB Launch Site

Vandenberg SFB

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Launch Service Provider

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SpaceX

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5 image

Falcon 9 Block 5

Booster

B1081

28th flight (35d since last use)

Landing

Drone Ship (Of Course I Still Love You)

Mission

USSF-481

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Destination

Polar Orbit

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.

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