Deployed the first 10 satellites of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 0 constellation, eight York Space Systems Transport Layer and two Tracking Layer spacecraft, into an 80-degree low Earth orbit. It began the demonstration phase of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture; booster B1075 returned to Landing Zone 4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 158th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 2 April 2023, 14:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2023-050
- Launches in 2023
- 55th of 223
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