Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-153

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-153

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:42:30 GMT

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Launch Successful
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Space Launch Complex 4E
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Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Low Earth Orbit
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Government/Top Secret
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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.

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

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