One Year After Its First Launch, The SDA Focuses On Operations

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

The SDA lofted four satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Feb. 14, its third launch in less than a year.

Credit: Airman 1st Class Spencer Contreras/U.S. Space Force
Just one year after its first launch, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency is riding high on its quick-turn, fixed-price model taking over military space procurement. Now the agency must make its proliferated constellation approach operational. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has 27...

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