SDA originally had hoped to begin launching the Tranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer constellations for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture stationed in low Earth orbit in September 2024.
SDA Director Derek Tournear, and his boss Mike Griffin, want to delay SDA's integration with Space Force until after 2023.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
Risk reduction missions this year "are separate flights to prove technologies" and not part of the planned 20-satellite Blackjack constellation, explains program manager Rusty Thomas.