USSF-432
Where it stands: SpaceX launched the classified USSF-432 mission for the U.S. Space Force on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 6, 2026. The first stage landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You for its eighth flight, and SpaceX cut its webcast about ten minutes in without either the company or the Space Force disclosing the payload. Watch for any payload or orbit disclosure, or further military launches linked to the Starshield bus.
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- 2026-11-07 SpaceX launched the classified USSF-432 mission for the U.S. Space Force on a Falcon 9 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 6, 2026 (Space.com — space.com/space-exploration; NSF X — x.com/NASASpaceflight). SpaceX cut the webcast about ten minutes in, after first stage (booster 1095) landed on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You" for its eighth flight. Neither SpaceX nor the Space Force disclosed the payload; NextSpaceflight speculates classified low-Earth-orbit satellites for the Space Force's Space Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio on the Starshield bus, based on drop zones matching earlier Starlink Group 15 launches. It was the 119th Falcon 9 launch of 2026 and the 14th national-security flight of the year. Watch: any payload or orbit disclosure, and further Starshield-manifested military launches.