Posted on 09/26/2026 1:23:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the USSF-385 mission from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 26, 2026.
It was SpaceX's third classified mission for the U.S. Space Force this month. Blastoff! SpaceX launches classified US Space Force mission for 3rd time this month | 9:03
VideoFromSpace | 2.14M subscribers | 6,403 views | September 26, 2026
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Good, old RELIABLE SpaceX.
Well, yeah. (But if they did it right the first two time or the second time, they wouldn’t have needed three launches for jest one satellite. )
Does NASA launch anything anymore?
Just attacks on Christians and other infidels
I tried to run this down. Independent trackers say the Starshield satellites launched for Space Force in the two prior missions are in orbits that appear to be correct. Some are in polar orbits. Other than that, and that these are really just Starlink sats launched for the US Gov’t for various purposes, such as missile tracking and highly encrypted communications, little is known. However, SpaceX has been quite reliable with the majority of its Starlink efforts.
Do you have documented information otherwise?
mmmm, no. Two launch delays, however lengthy, are not failures. I asked...
“So based on the available reports, USSF-385 did not have two failed launches; it had launch-time delays before a successful launch.”
Good, old RELIABLE SpaceX.
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But only for < 4 years when the Falcon series is retired, along with Crew Dragon.
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