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SDA Eyeing Risk of Possible Launch Delay of L3Harris Tracking Layer Satellites

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

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SDA Eyeing Risk of Possible Launch Delay of L3Harris Tracking Layer Satellites

U.S. Army Soldiers finish setting up multiple scalable satellite nodes for an exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on July 13, 2021 (U.S. Army Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency believes it will meet a scheduled launch next March for four Tranche 0 Tracking Layer satellites by L3Harris [LHX], but the agency is eyeing the risk of a launch delay due to COVID-19 related delays in deliveries of microelectronics and space system components, the SDA director said on Nov. 10. Moog, Inc. [MOG-A] builds the satellite buses for L3Harris' four Tracking Layer satellites. "Obviously, there was a big supply chain issue due to…

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