{"id":871409,"date":"2026-10-05T09:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/871409\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:10:12","slug":"spacex-to-launch-sdas-fourth-tranche-1-data-transport-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/871409\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to launch SDA&#8217;s fourth Tranche 1 data transport mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/sda-t1tl-a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a>, liftoff is scheduled for 1:17 a.m. The rocket is expected to carry the Space Development Agency&#8217;s fourth Tranche 1 data transport mission.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX officials say 21 military data transport satellites will be delivered to low Earth orbit, and they will support a network designed for military communications and missile warning capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage booster is expected to land on Landing Zone 4, meaning people near Vandenberg Space Force Base and surrounding areas may hear a sonic boom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday morning. According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-871409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}