Astro Radar
Go for launch · SpaceX
USSF-317
Falcon 9 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Liftoff in 4 days 20 h
- Liftoff
- Tue, Nov 17 · 7:14 PM PST at the pad
- Status
- Go for launch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Orbit
- Low Earth
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Mission page
- Official mission page
The mission
Falcon 9 is set to launch USSF-317 for SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E in Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, Wed, Nov 18 · 3:14 AM UTC. Target orbit: Low Earth. Mission type: Government/Top Secret. The first stage is booster B1100, on its 11th flight. It is SpaceX's 747th launch.
A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
See it on the radar: the countdown, the flight path and where to look from your ZIP code.
Can I see it?
Set your ZIP code on the radar to see how far you are from the pad.
Liftoff is in the dark at the pad. You would see the engine flame, which fades quickly with distance: people usually see it from within about 249 mi (400 km).
It should head southeast from the pad. We guess the heading from the target orbit, so the real path can differ.
Whether you can see it depends on where you are, the weather and the exact time. Open it on Astro Radar with your ZIP code for a modeled estimate of where to look, worked out for every second of the flight. It is an estimate, not a promise.
Watch it with friends
Send USSF-317 · Falcon 9 to a group chat on Astro, or make it a plan: Astro opens a new plan called Watch USSF-317 · Falcon 9 with the day and time filled in, for a group or a friend.
Astro asks you to sign in first, then brings you back to this launch. It gets only the launch's name, time and link, and only when you press the button. Astro is for people 18 and older.
From Launch Library 2, as of Nov 13, 6:26 AM UTC. Times and status can change; the radar has the latest.