September 30, 2026 12:00 am

SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

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Falcon 9

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Tranche 1 Transport Layer A 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. This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
Launch Overview
Window Open 00:00 UTC
Window Close 00:00 UTC
Lift Off Sep 30, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
Launch Facility Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launch Pad Space Launch Complex 4E
Target Orbit Polar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer SpaceX
Payload SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Rocket Falcon 9
Destination Polar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
Tranche 1 Transport Layer A 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. This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.

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SpaceX
Space Launch Complex 4E
Launch Overview
Window Open 00:00 UTC
Window Close 00:00 UTC
Lift Off Sep 30, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
Launch Facility Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launch Pad Space Launch Complex 4E
Target Orbit Polar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer SpaceX
Payload SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Rocket Falcon 9
Destination Polar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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