Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-xxx ("R-5")
Falcon 9 Block 5 is scheduled to launch the USSF-xxx ("R-5") mission for SpaceX from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, no earlier than Nov 10, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-xxx ("R-5")
Launched Nov 10, 2026 12:03:00 PMTBC
Flight direction
133° SE
estimated from the target orbit · inclination 53.0°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
Can I see it from my city?
Night launch: the flame can be seen as a rising, flickering light from hundreds of kilometers away.
- Santa Maria, CAonly 37 km away: look southwest; it climbs high into the sky
- San Buenaventura (Ventura), CAabout 131 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Oxnard, CAabout 137 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Thousand Oaks, CAabout 167 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Bakersfieldabout 167 km away: look southwest, low on the horizon
- Simi Valley, CAabout 176 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Santa Clarita, CAabout 195 km away: look west, low on the horizon
- Burbank, CAabout 215 km away: look west, low on the horizon
Rough guide: clouds, the horizon and the rocket's path decide in the end.
About the mission
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 rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Tue, Nov 10 · 12:03:00 PM · in 12.3 days
- Status
- TBC
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA