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Launch Date: September 15, 2026 (PDT) Launch Time: 7:18 p.m. PDT (September 16, 0218 UTC, 4:18 CEST) Launch Window: Open until 10:00 p.m. PDT Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Targeted Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Launch Inclination: South Launch Status: Scheduled and announced Mission: USSF-259 Launch Provider: SpaceX Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster 1097 - Turnaround time 28 days) Flight for the Booster: 13 Previous Flights of the Booster: 12 - Sentinel-6B, Twilight, NROL-172, Transporter-17, and eight Starlink missions Droneship: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Price: $74 million (without payload) Diameter: 3,7 m Height: 70 meters Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 kilonewtons Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meters / Height ...
