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Tranche 0 Satellites to Participate in Northern Edge Exercise Next Summer

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, October 5th, 2022

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Tranche 0 Satellites to Participate in Northern Edge Exercise Next Summer

3D render of planet Earth viewed from space, with night lights in Europe and sun rising over Asia. Blue hue treatment. Elements from NASA (https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/57000/57752/land_shallow_topo_2048.jpg)

While the first launch of nine to 10 Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 satellites has slipped from last month until December, SDA said that it still plans to have a suite of Tranche 0 Transport Layer and Tracking Layer birds ready to participate in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's Northern Edge exercise in Alaska next summer. Created in March 2019, SDA became part of the U.S. Space Force on Oct. 1, and SDA Director Derek Tournear who had reported to Under…

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