Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E

Mission Status

Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.

Mission Updates

Jul 15, 08:51 PM Cosmic_Penguin

Tweaked T-0.

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Jul 13, 03:56 PM Cosmic_Penguin

GO for launch.

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Jul 8, 08:08 PM Cosmic_Penguin

NET July 16 per marine navigation warnings, TBC.

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Jun 9, 12:51 PM Jay

Adding launch

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Mission Details

Tranche 1 Transport Layer E 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 York Space Systems.

Mission Type Government/Top Secret
Orbit Polar Orbit
Launch Window 08:22 PM - 09:09 PM

Rocket Configuration

Name Falcon 9 Block 5
Manufacturer SpaceX
Height 70 m
Diameter 3.65 m
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Success Rate 608/609 (100%)

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.