Watch LIVE as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 carrying 21 military communications satellites for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
This mission is part of the SDA's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites designed to provide secure, low-latency military data and communications.
Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster will return to California for a solid-ground touchdown at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4).
Mission Highlights:
– Payload: 21 military satellites (SDA's Fourth Tranche 1 Mission)
– Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg SFB, California
– Recovery Operations: Booster touchdown at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4)
– Target Liftoff: October 5 at 1:17 a.m. PT (08:17 UTC)
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