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Second Slate of SDA Tranche 0 Satellites on Orbit

Second Slate of SDA Tranche 0 Satellites on Orbit
A SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket lifts off at 7:25 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Sept. 2 The mission carried the Space Development Agency’s second round of Tranche 0 satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (U.S. Space Force Photo)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lofted 13 satellites for the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 effort into orbit on Sept. 2 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The second Tranche 0 launch included 10 Lockheed Martin [LMT] Transport Layer satellites, one York Space Systems’ Transport Layer satellite, and two SpaceX Tracking Layer satellites. The SDA low Earth orbit (LEO) Transport Layer satellites are to provide rapid beyond line-of-sight targeting data and sensor fusion, while the LEO…

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