Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
NET October 2026
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Orbit
- SSO
- Payload
- Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Status
- TBD
- Booster
- Unknown F9
- Vehicle height
- 70 m
- Liftoff thrust
- 7,607 kN
- Vehicle type flights
- 630
- Vehicle type success rate
- 99.8%
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