Scheduled

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 Block 5 on the pad — Photograph via The Space Devs, from agency and operator press material. Copyright remains with its owner.

T-0

30 September 2026

Status

To Be Determined

Orbit

Polar Orbit

Site

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

The schedule gives this one date known, time not yet set.

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

The mission

Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

Vehicle and site

Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Family: Falcon
Mission: SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Pad: Space Launch Complex 4E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Coordinates: 34.6320°, -120.6110°

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Launches to date: 721
Successful: 706
Failed: 15
Consecutive successes: 206

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