Liftoff of the USSF-366 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:50 p.m. PDT (9:50 a.m. EDT / 0150 UTC)! This marks the shortest time between Falcon 9 rocket launches at 38 minutes, 31 seconds.
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BREAKING: SpaceX sets a new launch record at Vandenberg!
Falcon 9's latest mission marked the base's 72nd launch of 2026, beating last year's 71 with over two months left. 27 Starlink satellites deployed. Same booster, 26 flights.
LAUNCH at 0001 UTC Oct 16 of a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg with the USSF-481 mission, thought to carry seventeen `moving-target-indicator' spy sats for the US Space Force
SpaceX is preparing to launch two Falcon 9 rockets from both Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg tonight with a mission for Globalstar up first. Liftoff of that mission from pad 40 is scheduled for 9:12 p.m. EDT (0112 UTC).
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