SpaceX Secures SDA-4 Launch Task Order from U.S. Space Force Written 2 April 2026
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon spacecraft mounted atop on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Sept. 24, 2024. | Credit: Keegan Barber; NASA
Defense Daily reports, “SpaceX has received a more than $178 million task order from U.S. Space Force’s Systems Command (SSC) for two National Security Space Launch Phase 3, Lane 1 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the Space Development Agency-4 (SDA-4) mission in fiscal 2027. The latter includes ‘dozens of missile tracking satellites’ by Sierra Space, SSC said on Tuesday.”
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