SpaceX将于11月3日傍晚发射太空军USSF-432任务：范登堡起飞，窗口长达四小时
据SpaceX官网发射日程，该公司定于11月3日（周二）以猎鹰9号火箭执行美国太空军USSF-432任务：发射窗口为太平洋时间17时28分至21时28分，长达四小时，地点是加州圣巴巴拉县（Santa Barbara County）的范登堡太空军基地SLC-4E发射场；一级助推器将在海上无人船上回收。
USSF-432是太空军的保密任务，SpaceX未公布载荷细节——这与太空军同类任务的一贯做法相同。本站10月15日曾报道，同一基地发射的USSF-481保密任务已成功升空并回收助推器。
这次发射正值11月3日中期选举投票日。发射窗口处于当地黄昏时段，据气象媒体报道，南加州及西海岸多地居民有机会看到火箭尾迹在暮色中形成的发光轨迹（俗称「太空水母」），能否看到取决于当晚天气。范登堡是SpaceX的西海岸主力发射场，该公司10月30日晚刚在同一基地发射了27颗星链卫星（本站已报道）。
关联：跟进：太空军USSF-481保密任务范登堡升空 猎鹰9号助推器B1081第28次飞行后海上回收成功
来源：GSM·美国
SpaceX to Launch Space Force USSF-432 Mission From Vandenberg on the Evening of November 3
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, November 3 for a Falcon 9 launch of the US Space Force's USSF-432 mission, according to the launch schedule on the company's official website. The four-hour window runs from 5:28 p.m. to 9:28 p.m. Pacific Time from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, with the first-stage booster set to land on a droneship at sea.
USSF-432 is a classified Space Force mission, and SpaceX has released no payload details, in line with the service's practice for such launches. GSM reported on October 15 that the USSF-481 classified mission lifted off from the same base and recovered its booster successfully.
The launch falls on November 3, the day of the US midterm elections. With the window in the local twilight hours, weather outlets report that residents across Southern California and much of the West may be able to see the rocket's glowing exhaust trail, the so-called 'space jellyfish,' weather permitting. Vandenberg is SpaceX's main West Coast launch site; the company launched 27 Starlink satellites from the same base on the evening of October 30, as GSM reported.
Related: Follow-Up: Classified Space Force USSF-481 Mission Lifts Off From Vandenberg
Source: GSM · USA
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：猎鹰9号在加州范登堡（SpaceX 摄，经 Wikimedia Commons，CC0）。图为资料图，非本次任务。 / A Falcon 9 at Vandenberg, California (Photo: SpaceX via Wikimedia Commons, CC0). File photo, not this mission.
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