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Military space agency created to go fast is about to launch its first satellites

Written by  Sandra Erwin Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:18
Col. Robert Long, Space Launch Delta 30 commander and Col. Kris Barcomb, SLD 30 vice commander, brief Rep. Adam Smith, House Armed Services Committee chairman and Congressman Salud Carbajal, 24th Congressional District of California representative, on the base infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 16, 2021. Long and Barcomb gave a tour outside of Space Launch Complex-6 to brief on Vandenberg’s commercial launch capabilities.
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The Space Development Agency, formed inside the Pentagon in 2019 to help accelerate the use of commercial space technology, is preparing to launch on March 30 its inaugural fleet of 10 satellites.

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