flown by SpaceX USA

USSF-481

Success
OCT 16202600:01:05 UTC

Classified Falcon 9 launch for the U.S. Space Force, listed in public notices as TH-2. It followed USSF-259, another classified Space Force launch and the first in the TH series, flown on 16 September 2026. Hazard warnings published before launch pointed to a low Earth orbit inclined about 80 degrees.

launched from Space Force Base SLC-4E Vandenberg

aboard Falcon 9 Block 5 into Polar LEO

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Booster

B1081.28

Landed on drone ship · OCISLY

Payload

USSF-481

Classified

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