>"The mix of commercial and government satellites deployed in the mission made for the largest-ever payload for a single launch."

SpaceX set a record for the number of satellites sent into orbit by a single rocket, and that’s not the only milestone reached during yesterday’s Transporter-1 mission. The Falcon 9 rocket launch also marked the orbital debut of Sherpa-FX, a satellite transfer vehicle made and managed by Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.