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Los Angeles Scoop · Aug 16, 2026

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SpaceX Launches Top-Secret Space Force Mission From Southern California A rocket streaking across the sky over parts of Los Angeles on Shabbos afternoon was a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying a classified U.S. Space Force mission into orbit. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:50 p.m. on the mission known as USSF-366. Details about exactly what was sent into orbit remain classified. The timing made it especially noticeable in the local Jewish community, as many people were outside walking to shul for Mincha at that tine and were able to spot the unusual streak across the Los Angeles sky.

*SpaceX Launches Top-Secret Space Force Mission From Southern California* A rocket streaking across the sky over parts of Los Angeles on Shabbos afternoon was a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying a classified U.S. Space Force mission into orbit. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:50 p.m. on the mission known as USSF-366. Details about exactly what was sent into orbit remain classified. The timing made it especially noticeable in the local Jewish community, as many people were outside walking to shul for Mincha at that tine and were able to spot the unusual streak across the Los Angeles sky.

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