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Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-153

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:37:00 GMT

SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

An hour out, ten minutes out, and at webcast start. Nothing else, ever.

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  • SpaceX's 727th launch
  • 296th flight from Space Launch Complex 4E
  • 27th flight of booster B1081
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-153

Watch

Stream announced · starts near liftoff

Watch on x.com · SpaceX

Broadcast links from Launch Library 2. The player is YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed, which sets nothing until you press play. Some broadcasters switch embedding off for their own streams — if the player will not start, the link above opens it on YouTube.

Theater mode — webcast, countdown, flight plan, nothing else →

Flight Plan

19 milestones · Launch Library 2

Every milestone the provider published for this flight.

  1. T-38:00GO for Prop LoadLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
  2. T-35:00Stage 1 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
  3. T-35:00Prop LoadStart of propelland loading
  4. T-16:00Stage 2 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
  5. T-7:00Engine ChillStart of engine chilling
  6. T-1:00Tank PressFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
  7. T-1:00StartupThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
  8. T-0:45GO for LaunchLaunch director verifies go for launch
  9. T-0:03IgnitionStart of the engine ignition sequence
  10. T+0:00LiftoffFirst upwards movement of the rocket
  11. T+1:07Max-QMaximum dynamic pressure
  12. T+2:26MECOCut-off of the main engine
  13. T+2:29Stage 2 SeparationSeparation of the second stage from the first
  14. T+2:35SES-1First start of the second engine
  15. T+2:55Fairing SeparationSeparation of the payload fairing
  16. T+6:06Entry Burn StartupStart of the atmospheric entry burn
  17. T+6:30Entry Burn ShutdownEnd of the atmospheric entry burn
  18. T+8:04Stage 1 Landing BurnStart of the first stage landing burn
  19. T+8:26Stage 1 LandingLanding of the first stage

Planned times, published by the launch provider and carried by Launch Library 2 — not measurements. No public feed streams a rocket’s altitude or velocity during ascent, so this site does not show any. Times can move, and a hold moves everything after it.

Where It Is Aimed

Flight Club profile · not measured
Launch azimuth40.9°flying north-east
Downrange landing593 kmcomputed from the pad
RecoveryASDS29.91°, -117.66°

Projected, not measured. The azimuth and exclusion zones are Flight Club’s published profile for this mission, and the recovery vessel is stationed at those coordinates — but this flight has not happened, and a hold, a re-aim or a scrub changes it. Downrange distance is computed from the pad. No altitude or velocity here: a flight that has already flown can have a real ascent chart, and this one has not flown yet.

The Mission

USSF-153 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites for a US government entity based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.

Liftoff (NET)Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:37:00 UTC
Launch window15:37:00 UTC18:37:00 UTC
Target orbitLow Earth Orbit
StatusGo for Launch

Launch Library 2 · fetched Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:03:07 GMT

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