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SDA Surveying Industry On Ability To Provide Ground Entry Points For Tranche 3

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 5th, 2026

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SDA Surveying Industry On Ability To Provide Ground Entry Points For Tranche 3

Pictured is a SpaceX photo on Sept. 10 of the company's Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites from Vandenberg Space Base, Calif.

The Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to hear from companies able to build ground entry points (GEP) for Tranche 3 of the agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Next month, SDA may release a solicitation for a five-year GEP development and integration contract. The GEPs are to ease communications to and from the PWSA satellites in Tranches 1, 2, and 3. A winning company for the GEP contract "will be responsible for performing GEP site civils, procurement, installation,…

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