Falcon 9 set to launch Space Force SDA mission from Vandenberg late Wednesday night
Liftoff is targeted for 12:54 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, from Space Launch Complex 4E, carrying satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Night owls in the Lompoc Valley may get a show: a SpaceX Falcon 9 is targeting liftoff at 12:54 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The mission, Tranche 1 Transport Layer A, is one of six launches for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer, a constellation in low Earth orbit meant to provide resilient, low-latency military data links worldwide. The satellites are connected to each other by optical inter-satellite links.
Launch times can shift, sometimes on short notice. Another Falcon 9, carrying Starlink satellites, is scheduled from Vandenberg on Saturday, Oct. 10, around 4 p.m. Check the latest times before heading out to watch.
Facts via The Space Devs (Launch Library 2), RocketLaunch.live.
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