Rocket launch

USSF-432

Falcon 9 Block 5 from Vandenberg SFB, CA · Go for Launch

5:56 PM PST

Sunday, November 1 · 8:56 PM EST

Great

5:56 PM PST

Look west, it'll arc south

Could glow like a giant jellyfish in the twilight sky.

Where you can see it

Live stream from the launch team. It usually starts 15 to 30 minutes before liftoff.

More details

Mission: 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.
Provider: SpaceX
Pad: Space Launch Complex 4E
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Assumed heading: ~190° (S), typical Vandenberg southbound polar/SSO
Booster: If SpaceX brings the first-stage booster back to land near the pad (not stated in our data), sonic booms are often heard across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties a few minutes after liftoff. Most Starlink boosters land on a drone ship at sea instead, with no booms on land.
Time: 2026-11-02 01:56 UTC (Minute)

All 42 cities (estimate)
City	Rating	Direction	Distance
Santa Barbara	Great	WSW→SSW	54 mi
Los Angeles	Great	W→SSW	141 mi
San Diego	Great	WNW→SSW	238 mi
San Jose	Great	SSE→S	200 mi
San Francisco	Great	SSE→S	239 mi
Sacramento	Great	S→S	277 mi
Las Vegas	Great	WSW→SW	326 mi
Phoenix	Maybe	W→SW	495 mi
Tucson	Maybe	W→WSW	580 mi
Denver	Unlikely	-→-	928 mi
Seattle	Unlikely	-→-	901 mi
Portland	Unlikely	-→-	760 mi
Salt Lake City	Unlikely	-→-	637 mi
Houston	Unlikely	-→-	1,509 mi
Dallas	Unlikely	-→-	1,372 mi
Austin	Unlikely	-→-	1,364 mi
Miami	Unlikely	-→-	2,473 mi
Orlando	Unlikely	-→-	2,332 mi
Tampa	Unlikely	-→-	2,286 mi
Jacksonville	Unlikely	-→-	2,276 mi
Atlanta	Unlikely	-→-	2,060 mi
Charlotte	Unlikely	-→-	2,238 mi
Washington	Unlikely	-→-	2,407 mi
Baltimore	Unlikely	-→-	2,426 mi
Philadelphia	Unlikely	-→-	2,498 mi
New York	Unlikely	-→-	2,553 mi
Boston	Unlikely	-→-	2,693 mi
Chicago	Unlikely	-→-	1,846 mi
Minneapolis	Unlikely	-→-	1,607 mi
Albuquerque	Unlikely	-→-	791 mi
Boise	Unlikely	-→-	664 mi
Anchorage	Unlikely	-→-	2,244 mi
Honolulu	Unlikely	-→-	2,435 mi
San Antonio	Unlikely	-→-	1,341 mi
New Orleans	Unlikely	-→-	1,806 mi
Nashville	Unlikely	-→-	1,899 mi
Kansas City	Unlikely	-→-	1,466 mi
St. Louis	Unlikely	-→-	1,701 mi
Detroit	Unlikely	-→-	2,082 mi
Columbus	Unlikely	-→-	2,084 mi
Raleigh	Unlikely	-→-	2,353 mi
Pittsburgh	Unlikely	-→-	2,241 mi

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