USSF-385
SpaceX (for the US Space Force) · Falcon 9
At a glance
- Status
- launched
- Provider
- SpaceX (for the US Space Force)
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Window
- 26 September 2026 · 14:00 UTC
- From
- SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
- Destination
- Classified, with no orbit published on SpaceX's mission page
- Last verified
- 27 September 2026
Outcome
LAUNCHED · verified against the sources below on 27 September 2026.
The payload
National security payload for the US Space Force, launched on Saturday 26 September 2026 at 7:00 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC), on SpaceX's mission page. The first-stage booster flew for the 10th time, having previously launched NROL-95 and eight Starlink missions, and landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific. The payload is classified, and SpaceX publishes no orbit or satellite count for it.
Status history
- 27 Sep 2026Added as launched from SpaceX's own mission page, which records liftoff from SLC-4E at 7:00 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC) on 26 September and the first stage's landing on Of Course I Still Love You; SpaceX's X account posted the liftoff and the landing within ten minutes of each other.
Related
Sources
- spacex.com · https://www.spacex.com/launches/ussf385
- x.com · https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2103847549312352541
- x.com · https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2103849714097529154