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15 Aug 2026
21:52 Minute
launch status: Go
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – USSF-366 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
United States Space Force 🇺🇸 (Government)

USSF-366 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.

Aug 2026
Month
launch status: TBD
🇷🇺 Angara 1.2 – Kosmos (Unknown Payload) – Russian Space Forces (Government) — Unknown (N/A) — Government/Top Secret
35/1 — Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Unknown classified satellite(s) for the Russian military.

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer D – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Tranche 1 Transport Layer D is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

Q3 2026
Quarter 3
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer F – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Tranche 1 Transport Layer F is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.

The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.

Dec 2026
Month
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Dec 2026
Month
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

2026
Year
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer A – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.

2026
Year
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer B – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.

2026
Year
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer A – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Space Development Agency 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.