SDA Readies for Prime Time with First Operational Satellite Launch

The Space Development Agency is ready to start launching operational satellites—and launch and launch again over the next 10 months. Twenty-one of SDA’s low-Earth orbit satellites are scheduled to launch shortly after 7 a.m. Pacific time on Sept. 10. The spacecraft, built by York Space Systems, will fly atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. More

(Source: Air & Space Forces Magazine - Sep 11)