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Falcon 9 launches USSF-153 from Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on 10 Sep 2026 15:42:30 UTC. The flight succeeded.
The flight
The window opened at 15:37 UTC and ran 180 minutes. Liftoff came 6 minutes into it.
The first stage, B1081, was making its 27th flight.
It landed on Of Course I Still Love You, 574 km downrange.
The payload was bound for Low Earth Orbit.
The mission
USSF-153 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 rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.
Payload description as recorded by Launch Library 2.
By the numbers
SpaceX has now flown 730 launches in total. Its run of consecutive successful launches stands at 215.
It was the 298th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E.
| Liftoff | 10 Sep 2026 15:42:30 UTC |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Launch Successful |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Provider | SpaceX |
| Pad | Space Launch Complex 4E |
| Target orbit | Low Earth Orbit |
| First stage | B1081 (flight 27) |
| Recovery | Landed — Of Course I Still Love You |
Written by Everything Space from Launch Library 2’s record of this flight — every figure above comes from that record. Fetched Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:21:53 GMT.