SpaceX launches classified payload for the U.S. Space Force

SpaceX flew its latest national security payload for the United States Space Force with a Falcon 9 rocket launch scheduled for Thursday morning. The mission, designated USSF-153, carried an undisclosed number of satellites to low Earth orbit. Because of the nature of the flight, SpaceX didn’t publish a post-launch timeline beyond the booster landing nearly 8.5 minutes into flight. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 8:42 a.m. PDT (1142 a.m. EDT / 1542 UTC). More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Sep 12)