SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer F
Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E
Overview
Date to be determined
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- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Launch time
- Not confirmed yet
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Polar Orbit
Live updates
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Discussion
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Rockets and launchesMission
Tranche 1 Transport Layer F is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) is a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. The pad was previously used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005. The pad was built for use by Atlas-Agena rockets, but was later rebuilt to handle Titan rockets.
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA