Next Big Future June 30, 2023
On June 28 the Space Development Agency released a final request for proposals for its next procurement of 100 satellites as the agency continues to build out a military constellation in low Earth orbit. The Transport Layer Tranche 2 also includes 72 Beta satellites for which SDA already has requested bids. The U.S. Space Force is building a layered network of military satellites. The proliferated warfighter space architecture includes a Transport Layer of interconnected communications satellites and a Tracking Layer of missile-detection and warning sensor satellites. The first highly inclined plane of the T2TL-Alpha constellation will be launched no later than September 1, 2026. The first lowly inclined plane of the T2TL-Alpha constellation will be launched no later than December 1, 2026. The TCC will include infrastructure to support these operations…. read more.