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For sheer rocket entertainment, space fans can get excited whenever SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy launches, and that next opportunity could come next week.

While the timeframe for certifying SDA's Tracking Layer as part of the nuclear attack sensor network remains unclear, SDA Director Derek Tournear said there is "plenty of time" to get it done.

Microsoft Azure Space, Amazon Web Services and Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite network will help beef up the Pentagon's data infrastructure.

SpaceX and the Space Force cut through the heavy fog and served up a pair of double sonic booms on the Space Coast today for the 4th ever liftoff of the current title holder for most powerful rocket available for launch.

SpaceX and the Space Force cut through the heavy fog and served up a pair of double sonic booms on the Space Coast today for the 4th ever liftoff of the current title holder for most powerful rocket available for launch.

It’s the biggest game in town for now, but has not flown in more than three years. Fans of SpaceX, though, will have a chance to see what is currently the most powerful rocket in use launch on a secret military mission from Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday morning.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy II rocket lifts off from Platform 39A on April 11, 2019, aboard the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. Credit: Walter Scriptonas

"We'll do away with the GEOs, and the big, exquisite expensive satellites," said SDA Director Derek Tournear.

U.S. Space Force will need to limit duplication of Space Force systems with those of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Lt Gen. B. Chance “Salty”

Rocket Lab, ULA, Blue Origin and SpaceX are all aiming to launch missions on Aug. 4.