SpaceX Launches U.S.-Norway Arctic Broadband Satellites

SpaceX ABSM launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Aug. 11 carrying two ABSM satellites.

Credit: SpaceX
LOS ANGELES—A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first U.S. military payloads to be hosted onboard allied commercial satellites launched on Aug. 11 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The launch vehicle lifted off at 7:02 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4E, carrying two U.S.-Norway Arctic...
Vivienne Machi

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

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