SpaceX launches mystery mission for US Space Force from California (photos) - Space

USSF-385 was SpaceX's third national security mission of the month.

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Click for next article Copy link Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter For the third time this month, SpaceX has sent a national security mission to orbit.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the USSF-385 mission for the U.S. Space Force launched from California's foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT; 7:00 a.m. local California time).