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Test Planned This Summer of Space-Based Link 16 for Norwegian Forces

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

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Test Planned This Summer of Space-Based Link 16 for Norwegian Forces

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has 19 Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites in orbit (SDA Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) is planning a test this summer of space-based Link 16 tactical messages to Norwegian military forces. Last November, SDA said that it had debuted the provision of Link 16 data from space with three Tranche 0 Transport Layer York Space Systems satellites that demonstrated network entry through space to ground connection from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to a series of receivers using terrestrial radios (Defense Daily, Nov. 29, 2023). Those tests involved passive and active network entry, synchronization,…

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