SpaceX launches 21 data satellites for the Space Development Agency

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday carrying a batch of data satellites for the U.S. 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. PDT (3:39 EDT / 0739 UTC). The Falcon 9 took a southerly trajectory on departure from Space Launch Complex 4E, currently SpaceX’s only launch facility on the West Coast. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Oct 11)