SpaceX Falcon Rocket Delivers 64 Smallsats Into Orbit

Credit: Falcon 9 launch: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX marked another milestone in its quest to develop a fleet of low-maintenance, reusable boosters with an unprecedented third flight of a Falcon 9 booster, which lifted off on Dec. 3 from Vandenberg AFB in California to deliver 64 smallsats into near-polar, Sun-synchronous orbits...

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