SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 launch of SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A at 1:17 a.m. Pacific on Monday 5 October 2026. That's about 6:47 p.m. Monday in Adelaide. The rocket is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying 21 Northrop Grumman data-transport satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency. It's the fourth of nine Tranche 1 missions Falcon 9 is due to fly for the agency's network in low Earth orbit.

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