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Launch Date
2/15/2024
Launch Site
CC LC40
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
Four of the USSF-124 satellites are missile-tracking sensors manufactured by L3Harris for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer constellation.
One L3Harris satellite and one Northrop Grumman satellite on USSF-124 are the first prototypes developed under the Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program.
L3Harris developed the USSF-124 satellites using infrared imaging technology originally developed for weather imaging and Earth science missions.
The four L3Harris satellites on USSF-124 are part of the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 0 demonstration constellation.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) received three NSS launch service orders for USSF-124, USSF-62, and one Space Development Agency Tranche 1 mission using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
The USSF-124 payload included five satellites built by L3Harris Technologies and one satellite built by Northrop Grumman.
SpaceX launched the U.S. military classified mission USSF-124 on 2024-02-14.
SpaceX provided a backup launch opportunity for USSF-124 on Thursday, 2024-02-15 at 5:30 p.m. ET.
In February 2024 SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, deploying six U.S. missile defense satellites for the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency.
The Falcon 9 booster used on the BlueBird 1-5 mission previously launched Crew-6, O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and nine Starlink missions.