SpaceX Secures Two SDA Missions Under Latest NSSL Award

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Oct. 15, 2025, from Vandenberg SFB, California, carrying the Space Development Agency's second Tranche 1 Transport Layer mission. Credit: SpaceX

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Oct. 15, 2025, from Vandenberg SFB, California, carrying the Space Development Agency's second Tranche 1 Transport Layer mission.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX two additional missions on behalf of the Space Development Agency (SDA) to launch no earlier than late fiscal 2027. The service’s Space Systems Command awarded the SDA-4 task order to SpaceX under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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