Falcon 9 B5 • USSF-481

Falcon 9 B5 • USSF-481

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the USSF-481 mission (previously designated TH-2) for the U.S. Space Force. Payload is probably a stack of 17 Starshield satellites. The mission likely is the 5th of 18 for the USSF's Space Based Sensing and Targeting (SBST) portfolio, which includes the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone and the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) program. The Falcon 9 booster is B1081.28 for this flight.

📍 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4, Lompoc, Kalifornien 93436, USA

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