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Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-481

SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

  • SpaceX's 740th launch
  • 225th consecutive success
  • 303rd flight from Space Launch Complex 4E
  • 28th flight of booster B1081
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-481

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Stream announced · starts near liftoff

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Broadcast links from Launch Library 2. The player is YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed, which sets nothing until you press play. Some broadcasters switch embedding off for their own streams — if the player will not start, the link above opens it on YouTube.

Theater mode — webcast, countdown, flight plan, nothing else →

Flight Plan

19 milestones · Launch Library 2

Every milestone the provider published for this flight.

  1. T-38:00GO for Prop LoadLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
  2. T-35:00Stage 1 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
  3. T-35:00Prop LoadStart of propelland loading
  4. T-16:00Stage 2 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
  5. T-7:00Engine ChillStart of engine chilling
  6. T-1:00StartupThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
  7. T-1:00Tank PressFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
  8. T-0:45GO for LaunchLaunch director verifies go for launch
  9. T-0:03IgnitionStart of the engine ignition sequence
  10. T+0:00LiftoffFirst upwards movement of the rocket
  11. T+1:07Max-QMaximum dynamic pressure
  12. T+2:26MECOCut-off of the main engine
  13. T+2:29Stage 2 SeparationSeparation of the second stage from the first
  14. T+2:36SES-1First start of the second engine
  15. T+3:01Fairing SeparationSeparation of the payload fairing
  16. T+6:01Entry Burn StartupStart of the atmospheric entry burn
  17. T+6:24Entry Burn ShutdownEnd of the atmospheric entry burn
  18. T+8:00Stage 1 Landing BurnStart of the first stage landing burn
  19. T+8:09Stage 1 LandingLanding of the first stage

Planned times, published by the launch provider and carried by Launch Library 2 — not measurements. No public feed streams a rocket’s altitude or velocity during ascent, so this site does not show any. Times can move, and a hold moves everything after it.

The Mission

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.

Liftoff (NET)Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:01:05 UTC
Launch window23:44:00 UTC – 03:44:00 UTC
Target orbitPolar Orbit
StatusLaunch Successful

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Launch Library 2 · fetched Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:27:24 GMT

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