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15 Oct 2026
23:44 Minute
launch status: Go
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – USSF-481 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Polar Orbit (PO) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 4E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
United States Space Force 🇺🇸 (Government)

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.

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.

Q4 2026
Quarter 4
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.

Q4 2026
Quarter 4
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.

Q4 2026
Quarter 4
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.

Q4 2026
Quarter 4
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.

Q4 2026
Quarter 4
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.

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.

2026
Year
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – USSF-31 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Space Force 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit.

2026
Year
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon 9 Block 5 – VICTUS SURGO – SpaceX (Commercial) — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) — Government/Top Secret
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A new Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission by the United States Space Force Space Systems Command to deliver responsive space delivery. The mission consists of an Impulse Space Mira orbital transfer vehicle that will operate in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), which would be transferred from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on an Impulse Space Helios kick stage. A Helios rideshare payload will also be delivered to GEO.

2026
Year
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Falcon Heavy – USSF-75 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO) — Government/Top Secret
Launch Complex 39A — Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
United States Space Force 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified payload for the United States Space Force

2026
Year
launch status: TBD
🇺🇸 Vulcan – NROL-100 – ULA (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Government/Top Secret
Space Launch Complex 3E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
National Reconnaissance Office 🇺🇸 (Government)

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office