SpaceX Sends Missile-Tracking Satellites Into Orbit

USSF-124 mission launch

The USSF-124 mission launched at 5:30 p.m. EST Feb. 14, while another SpaceX Falcon 9 was being prepared to launch at 1:05 a.m. Feb. 15 from adjacent launchpads at Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center.

Credit: SpaceX
A pair of prototypes for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program reached orbit on Feb. 14, following launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS), Florida. The spacecraft were accompanied by the...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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