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USSF-481

Falcon 9

POGovernment/Top Secret

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.

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Tomorrow12:01 AM
2026-16-10 00:01 UTC

Window: 23:44–03:44 UTC

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No weather concerns reported
B1081 · Flight 28 · Of Course I Still Love You

Now targeting Oct 16 at 00:01 UTC

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Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
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SpaceX
SpaceX

Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Falcon 9

LEODedicated Rideshare

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

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·Space Launch Complex 40
Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)

H3-24

MarsPlanetary Science

MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Phobos.

·Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Starlink Group 15-15
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SpaceX
SpaceX

Starlink Group 15-15

Falcon 9

LEOCommunications

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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·Space Launch Complex 4E
Unknown Payload
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Galactic Energy
Galactic Energy

Unknown Payload

Ceres-1S

N/A

Details TBD.

·Rizhao offshore launch location
We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)
TBC
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab

We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)

Electron

SSOEarth Science

HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO).

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·Unknown Pad
Unknown Payload
TBC
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Unknown Payload

Long March 8A

N/A

Details TBD.

·Commercial LC-1

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