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SpaceX launches classified mission for the US Space Force

The Falcon 9 lifted off from California on its 114th mission of the year, carrying a payload the Space Force has not described; the video is public.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on Late Night BBN
Published 10:58 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Space.com: “SpaceX launches classified mission for the US Space Force (video)”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:58 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: SpaceX, US.
BBN covered this story before: Jellyfish cloud from Florida launch lit up the pre-dawn sky (October 14).

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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSpaceX launched a classified mission for the Space Force from California tonight, the one hundred fourteenth Falcon 9 flight this year, and we are not allowed to know what was on it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA secret package, a public fireworks show, and I'm already obsessed. Look at this footage.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat's file footage, and you've just rated a box you can't open.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne hundred fourteen launches, Nina. What were the other hundred and thirteen hiding?