WORLDTECHFalcon 9 to launch from California on classified mission for U.S. Space Force
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1 but was delayed repeatedly, first due to delays of the Starlink 15-18 launch, and then for reasons that were not disclosed. Plays from YouTube The mission is designated USSF-432 but is also identified as R-4 in public documents. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne, and its products and services include Falcon.
This series of ‘R’ missions began. More launches in the sequence followed with USSF-153 (R-2).
Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 4:48 p.m. The mission is thought to be carrying satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield platform.
File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The flight was originally scheduled for.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about 30 minutes prior to launch. Each R launch has placed 23 satellites in orbit, according to orbital catalog entries.
They are thought to be based on SpaceX’s Starshield platform, the government version of the Starlink satellite. Space Force’s Space Based Sensing and Targeting program.