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The second batch of U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1, Transport Layer communications satellites launched on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the 21 Lockheed Martin satellites. Last month, a Falcon 9 launched the first Tranche 1, Transport Layer satellites — 21 by York Space Systems– from Vandenberg.
Space Force and SDA public affairs offices have been on a shoestring since the Oct. 1 federal shutdown, and neither...