Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 16 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Falcon 9 Block 5 launched the Transporter 16 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) mission for SpaceX from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on Mar 30, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 16 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched Mar 30, 2026 8:02:00 PMSuccess
96 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
189° S
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 97.8°
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.
About the mission
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- AAC-IO1 · NORAD 68498
- AE1A · NORAD 68487
- AEPEX · NORAD 68506
- AIGLONSAT-1 · NORAD 68437
- AISSAT 4 · NORAD 68454
- BESSA · NORAD 68836
- BLACK KITE-2 · NORAD 68474
- BRO-19 · NORAD 68422
- CAMOES · NORAD 68507
- CAPELLA-20 (ACADIA) · NORAD 68485
- COSMO · NORAD 68460
- DB-BECON-2-VU · NORAD 68468
- DB-CHARMS-ND · NORAD 68455
- DB-GLOBE MISSION EARTH-U · NORAD 68459
- DB-PRECISIONFLIGHTWORKSP · NORAD 68466
- DB-SKYFORGE CORE-TU · NORAD 68445
- DB-WALI-WMU · NORAD 68443
- DISCO-2 · NORAD 68431
- EMISAR · NORAD 68427
- ERMIS2 · NORAD 68420
- ERMIS3 · NORAD 68425
- FEMTO-1 · NORAD 68419
- FGN-100-D3 · NORAD 68464
- FLYLAB 1 · NORAD 68472
- FLYLAB 2 · NORAD 68503
- FOSSASAT2E25 · NORAD 68478
- GARAI-B · NORAD 68463
- GEMS2-AMETHYST · NORAD 68505
- GRAVITAS · NORAD 68495
- HADES-SA (SPINNYONE) · NORAD 68446
- HAWK-14A · NORAD 68448
- HAWK-14B · NORAD 68436
- HAWK-14C · NORAD 68441
- HOTSAT-2 · NORAD 68465
- ICEYE-X71 · NORAD 68494
- ICEYE-X72 · NORAD 68504
- ICEYE-X73 · NORAD 68496
- ICEYE-X74 · NORAD 68500
- ICEYE-X75 · NORAD 68497
- ICEYE-X76 · NORAD 68502
- ION SCV-019 · NORAD 68435
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-9 · NORAD 68449
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-10 · NORAD 68451
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-11 · NORAD 68453
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-12 · NORAD 68461
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-13 · NORAD 68450
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-14 · NORAD 68447
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-15 · NORAD 68462
- IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-16 · NORAD 68452
- JACK-002 · NORAD 68417
- LEMUR-2 CARROLLEMO · NORAD 68489
- LEMUR-2 CLARA · NORAD 68483
- LEMUR-2 DELOITTE-2 · NORAD 68491
- LEMUR-2 DELOITTE-3 · NORAD 68471
- LEMUR-2 EMARCHIA · NORAD 68492
- LEMUR-2 IRINA · NORAD 68480
- LEMUR-2 JULIA-JOEL · NORAD 68476
- LEMUR-2 PEGGY-2004 · NORAD 68479
- LEMUR-2 POLO-11 · NORAD 68493
- LEMUR-2 SEJONG-3 · NORAD 68482
- LUNA-2 · NORAD 68470
- MARS-1 · NORAD 68830
- MIMIR 1 · NORAD 68490
- N1-ATLAS · NORAD 68501
- NUSAT-53 (JANE GOODALL) · NORAD 68432
- NUSAT-54(BRANCA MARQUES) · NORAD 68442
- OPTISAT · NORAD 68418
- OUT OF THE BOX · NORAD 68428
- PARUS-6U1 · NORAD 68456
- PEAKSAT · NORAD 68416
- PESSOA · NORAD 100139
- PHOBOS · NORAD 68467
- R5-S10 · NORAD 100801
- SAL-E · NORAD 68458
- SARAMAGO · NORAD 100000
- SERT3 · NORAD 68499
- SHARJAHSAT-2 · NORAD 68444
- SPACEVAN-002 · NORAD 68424
- SPOQC · NORAD 68423
- T.MICROSAT-2 · NORAD 68433
- TORO-3 · NORAD 68481
- TROOP-F3 · NORAD 68429
- UNICORN-2R · NORAD 68477
- UNICORN-2S · NORAD 68475
- VEGA · NORAD 68430
- VIGORIDE 7 · NORAD 68473
- VINDLER 2.1 · NORAD 68488
- VINDLER 2.2 · NORAD 68484
- VINDLER 2.3 · NORAD 68486
- VIREON-1 · NORAD 68434
- VIREON-2 · NORAD 68421
- OBJECT AA · NORAD 68440
- OBJECT AT · NORAD 68457
- OBJECT L · NORAD 68426
- OBJECT Y · NORAD 68438
- OBJECT Z · NORAD 68439
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Mon, Mar 30 · 8:02:00 PM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Dedicated Rideshare
- Target orbit
- SSO
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA