SpaceX launched the classified USSF-153 mission on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 10, 2026, lifting off at 8:42 a.m. PT. The first-stage booster, on its 27th flight, landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific. The U.S. Space Force payload remains undisclosed. The Debrief reported the flight as SpaceX's 104th Falcon 9 mission of 2026.
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