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The Space Development Agency's fourth Tranche 1 mission has taken place, with SpaceX serving as launch provider. The mission adds to the SDA's proliferated low-Earth-orbit constellation of military satellites designed for communications and missile tracking. Tranche 1 deployments are a key step in the US effort to build a resilient network of hundreds of small satellites in orbit.
- 2SpaceX launches 21 military data satellites for Space Development Agency●Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency
SpaceX is conducting a launch carrying 21 data transport satellites built for the US Space Development Agency, part of a planned constellation designed to relay data among military spacecraft in orbit. Spaceflight Now is providing live coverage of the mission. The launch adds to SpaceX's growing manifest of national security space missions for the Pentagon.