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    A Delta rocket carries the Delta Star satellite aloft in 1989. The satellite was part of a Strategic Defense Initiative Organization experiment.
    A space observatory is being deployed from the cargo bay of a space shuttle against the backdrop of Earth and space.
    A Defense Support Program missile warning satellite is deployed from the space shuttle Atlantis. The successor to the DSP, the Space-Based Infrared System, came in nine years late and billions over budget.
    Organizational chart showing the proposed positioning of the Space Development Agency under the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, reporting to the Secretary of Defense.
    *One of six undersecretaries of defense; the others are responsible for: acquisition, technology and logistics; comptroller; intelligence; personnel and readiness; and policy.
    A memorandum from the Secretary of Defense, dated March 12, 2019, to the Chief Management Officer and Secretaries of the Military Departments regarding the establishment of the Space Development Agency.
    Excerpts from the memo announcing the establishment of the Space Development Agency within the U.S. Defense Department.