Intelligence and dual-use commercial satellites launch on Transporter-13

Intelligence and dual-use commercial satellites launch on Transporter-13

Among the 74 payloads on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission was a technology demonstrator from the National Reconnaissance Office The post Intelligence and dual-use commercial satellites launch on Transporter-13 appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceX launches Transporter-13 rideshare mission that includes 74 payloads – SatNews

On Friday, March 14 at 11:43 p.m. PT, SpaceX launched the Transporter-13 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos by Satnews. This was the 13th flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186, and six Starlink missions. Transporter-13 is a dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. There w…

Intelligence and dual-use commercial satellites launch on Transporter-13 - Los Angeles Weekly Times

WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s Transporter-13 rideshare mission on March 15 carried dozens of small satellites into orbit, including several funded by U.S. military and intelligence agencies. This was SpaceX’s 13th dedicated smallsat rideshare that has become a regular pipeline to orbit for both commercial and government customers. Among the 74 payloads was a technology demonstrator from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the agency responsible fo…

This is a mission called Transporter-13 to mass launch commercial vehicles into sun-synchronous orbit.