WORLDTECHSpaceX launches 21 data satellites for the Space Development Agency
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SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday carrying a batch of data satellites for the U.S. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation came at 12:39 a.m. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne, and its products and services include Falcon.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the fourth Space Development Agency Tranche 1 mission. military’s Space Development Agency (SDA), five days after a last-minute abort scrubbed the first attempt.
Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is occurred at 12:39 a.m. The Falcon 9 took a southerly trajectory on departure from Space Launch Complex 4E, currently SpaceX’s only launch facility on the West Coast.
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- Spaceflight Now Reporting source
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https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/09/spacex-to-make-another-attempt-to-launch-21-data-satellites-for-space-development-agency/