SpaceX is due to launch the US Space Force’s USSF-481 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in a four-hour window opening at 7.44pm EDT today. The launch will be streamed live, but the payload details are classified.
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01Summary
- 01SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 15 October.
- 02The launch window opens at 7.44pm EDT (2344 GMT; 4.44pm local time) and lasts four hours.
- 03The mission, USSF-481, will carry classified payloads for the US Space Force.
- 04The Falcon 9 first stage is expected to land about eight minutes after launch on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You.
- 05The booster assigned to the flight, 1081, will be flying for the 28th time and the launch will be SpaceX’s 114th Falcon 9 mission of the year.
02Why it matters
The launch is another sign of how often SpaceX is being used for US military space missions. For readers, it also matters because the webcast offers a live look at a classified launch from California.
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