SpaceX launches military satellites tuned to track hypersonic missiles
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These satellites will participate in joint missile-tracking exercises later this year.
Enlarge / SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday with six missile-tracking satellites for the US military.
Two prototype satellites for the Missile Defense Agency and four missile-tracking satellites for the US Space Force rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Wednesday from Florida's Space Coast.
These satellites are part of a new generation of spacecraft designed to track hypersonic mis...
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