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. PDT (3:39 EDT / 0739 UTC). <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/09/spacex-to-make-another-attempt-to-launch-21-data-satellites-for-space-development-agency/" ti
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The Tranche 1 Transporter Layer A mission is the fourth flight supporting the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation. The next launch attempt could come as soon as Saturday. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/04/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-21-data-transport-satellites-for-the-space-development-agency/" title="SpaceX s
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Strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Crew 13 commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk blasted off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:10 a.m. EDT. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/01/fresh-crew-takes-off-for-six-month-stay-aboard-space-station/" title=
The mission carried 130 payloads onboard the Falcon 9 rocket heading to a Sun-synchronous orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 11:32 a.m. PDT (2:32 p.m. EDT / 1832 UTC). <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/01/live-coverage-ai-datacenter-prototypes-energy-redirection-demonstrators-and-more-launching-on-spacexs-transporter-18/" title="
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Launch preview: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on S
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So seeing Ship 40 come home, and that new Starlink V3 deploy footage from Starship has been pretty wild this week. 🚀 As always, a load to catch up on my friends! 🥳 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWZrUKy-yA&feature=youtu.be
Open on XFalcon 9 launches the @SemperCitiusSDA's fourth Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit
Open on XWatch Falcon 9 launch the @SemperCitiusSDA’s fourth Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1jGXgBoBYkRKZ
Open on XLess than one hour until Falcon 9’s launch of the @SemperCitiusSDA's fourth Tranche 1 mission from California. Weather is 80% favorable for liftoff, and propellant load will begin shortly → https://www.spacex.com/launches/sda-t1tl-a
Open on XThe latest with Starship, as Ship 40 returns home and Ship 42 heads out for more testing. By Ryan Weber (@rweb11742) https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/ship-40-returns-ship-42-more-testing/
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