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@SpaceXOct 16
Falcon 9 launches USSF-481 to orbit from pad 4E in California

Oct 16, 2026 · 5:08 AM UTC

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Just another day at the office. Flying cars and rockets
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Falcon 9 keeps making orbit look routine, and on the same night as the Roadster too.
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Seb
@SebBidouilleOct 16
The pads each have their own reference code (4E) I discovered something this morning, that’s why I love SpaceX and space; you learn something new every single day
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🤖 Made with AI
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About an hour after launch from the Phoenix metro area (6:27PM MST). #AZwx
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🩶 Falcon 9 Congratulations All The Hard Workers @SpaceX and @USSpaceForce -
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Another mission, another flawless liftoff!!! Falcon 9 sends USSF 481 skyward from the California coast!!! ❤️🚀💫
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Great photos but the last one, it is special. 😍
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Congratulations SpaceX on a successful launch and mission.
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Cool, AWESOME photo!!! ❤️
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Looking beautiful 😍
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Great photo... Progress is on point. Well Xspace
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Clean USSF-481 night from 4E while the other coast stole the headlines. Both mattered.
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So beautiful 🔥🚀🔥🚀✨
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Another flawless Falcon 9 launch… when are we going to get used to this?
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Geoff
@GBanksSmithOct 16
Pad 4E has history. It flew Titan rockets until 2005, and SpaceX's first Vandenberg launch lifted off from it on 29 September 2013, carrying Canada's CASSIOPE satellite on the maiden Falcon 9 v1.1.
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Pad 4E keeps the board ticking.
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Can pad 4E turn this around before sunrise?
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Falcon 9 putting USSF-481 on orbit from pad 4E overnight is a clean start to the day. Solid work from the Vandenberg crew.
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🇪🇺 Teslectrics 🇪🇺
@teslectricsOct 16
Falcon 9 from Vandenberg again, same week Tesla puts SpaceX thrusters in a Roadster. Cold gas on a car, kerolox to orbit. Two companies,one lab culture. Europe still "debates" whether thrusters belong on a type plate.
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Thomas Shaffer
@RoadsontheMoonOct 16
space force shot the photo this time. good eye
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Another Space Force mission off 4E like it's routine. That cadence is the real moat.
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another friday for them. another career highlight for the rest of us
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Same day as the Roadster reveal. Absolute unit of a Friday
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Another classified Falcon 9 off California, booster back on the droneship. These national-security flights carry the payloads we never get a clear look at. What was USSF-481 actually built to sense?
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Magnificent! Bravo $SPCX . That looks almost the same rocket in this Chrysler ad in 1966
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Btw.. this is the 28th time this boosters been used.
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So beautiful 🤗♥️♥️♥️🥹✨🚀
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Elon Musk keeps delivering. This is inspiring for all human beings on earth.
Tesla just made a Roadster that sticks to the ceiling, fires rocket thrusters, and flies. Full event, every demo, dead air cut 🚀 • Live at SpaceX McGregor: fan suction strong enough to hold it upside down, plus SpaceX-derived cold-gas thrusters (Tesla says 4–5x tire force) • 0–60: Tesla lists <1.6s (Performance), <0.9s (Thrust), <0.59s (Rocket). On stage, a live run clocked 0.81s • Tesla lists 300+ mi range and 230+ mph top speed (Rocket). Elon wants to "crack halfway to the speed of sound" • Two carbon-overwrap air tanks, ~600 L and ~250 kg of air, 10 nozzles, and it refills itself. No special propellant • Rocket version "can fly" (invite only, per Tesla). Elon: the last manually driven car Tesla will make • Production in 2028 was mentioned on stage (unconfirmed). Tesla hasn't announced price or delivery dates 🎥 @Tesla @elonmusk @woodhaus2 @larsmoravy @wholemars @SawyerMerritt 0:00 Welcome to McGregor + Elon intro 4:59 Upside-down flight demo 7:53 "This car really sucks": Starman + thrusters 12:15 Up-close walkaround 15:25 Live 0–60 run: 0.81s 18:14 Half-mile, canyon jump, 2028 20:49 One more thing
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People ask how Elon switches between Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink so easily... Then you remember the new Tesla Roadster might literally fly 😜
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SpaceX isn’t just reaching for the stars — it’s redefining what’s possible.
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another one already
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