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Field footage · SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

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Falcon 9 lifts off with USSF-481 from Vandenberg, Oct. 15, 2026

A Falcon 9 rocket climbs diagonally across a clear blue sky, its bright engine plume trailing a long white exhaust cloud.
U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua LeRoi (DVIDS 10021187) · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)

U.S. Space Force photo distributed by DVIDS and mirrored on Wikimedia Commons. The Space Force says it shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the USSF-481 national security mission ascending after launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Oct. 15, 2026. It says Guardians and Airmen of Space Launch Delta 30 supported the launch, the 70th launch supported from Vandenberg in 2026. Liftoff was at 00:01 UTC on Oct. 16 (8:01 PM ET Oct. 15). The Space Force did not describe the payload.

What
Falcon 9 lifts off with USSF-481 from Vandenberg, Oct. 15, 2026
Where
SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
When
2026-10-16
Source
U.S. Space Force
Credit
U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua LeRoi (DVIDS 10021187)
License
Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Details
Official release · U.S. Space Force (Space Launch Delta 30 / DVIDS) · SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

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Sources and credit

  1. U.S. Space Force
  2. Field footage: the full record

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