SpaceX launches 2nd mystery mission for US Space Force in 6-day span (video, photos)
Some experts have speculated, however, that each mission launched a batch of SpaceX's Starshield satellites for the Space Force's Space Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio, which helps the military branch track potential targets around the world.
Key points
- A Falcon 9 first stage rests on a SpaceX drone ship shortly after launching the USSF-627 mission on Nov.
- A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 11:36 p.m.
- 11), the second such flight for the company in a six-day span.
SpaceX didn't reveal details about either USSF-627 or USSF-432, and the company ended the webcast of both launches shortly after the first stages of their Falcon 9 rockets came back to Earth.
Additional details
- 6, a Falcon 9 sent the USSF-432 mission skyward from the site, which lies on California's gorgeous but often foggy central coast.
- Eighty-five of the 120 flights have been devoted to building out SpaceX's Starlink broadband constellation in low Earth orbit, which currently consists of more than 11,000 satellites.
- It was the seventh mission for USSF-627's Falcon 9 booster, which carries the designation 1103.
- (Image credit: SpaceX) We don't know much about USSF-627 or USSF-432; both are classified.
- 12), kicking off a mission called USSF-627.
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