SpaceX flies 21 Northrop satellites for a US military network
A Falcon 9 carried 21 Northrop Grumman data satellites into orbit for the US Space Development Agency on Saturday, five days after a last-minute abort.
Photo: U.S. Space Force/Andrew Taller / DVIDS (public domain)
Harper Quinn · Sunday 11 October 2026
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SpaceX has put Northrop Grumman's first batch of military data satellites into orbit for the US Space Development Agency, or SDA. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:39am Pacific time on Saturday 10 October. That was 6:09pm Saturday in Adelaide. On board were 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites.
Photo: U.S. Space Force/Andrew Taller / DVIDS (public domain)
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