Falcon 9 USSF-266 launch: date, time and live countdown
SpaceX launches USSF-266 on Falcon 9 from Vandenberg (SLC-4E), no earlier than Mon 16 Nov, 17:07 UTC.
Holds can take a minute or two to show here. The webcast is always the fastest source.
DATE CHANGES
- 9 NOV
First scheduled for Mon 16 Nov, 17:07 UTC.
- NOW
Go for launch on Mon 16 Nov, 17:07 UTC. No slips so far.
MISSION
- VEHICLE
- Falcon 9
- PROVIDER
- SpaceX
- PAD
- SLC-4E, Vandenberg, California
- ORBIT
- Polar orbit
- MISSION
- Government/Top Secret
- BOOSTER
- B1081, 29th flight, lands on the drone ship
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.
FLIGHT PROFILE·PROJECTED
A projected profile for this rocket, timed to the mission's published events. It isn't data from the rocket.
MISSION LOG
The launch over your sky
A forecast from the projected flight path: cloud and the real trajectory decide what you actually see. We use your approximate city unless you choose your exact location, which stays on your device.