Launch of the Tranche 0 mission is scheduled for 10:29 a.m. ET today (March 30).
We do know a bit about the Tranche 0 spacecraft going up today, however. For example, they'll be the first members of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture , a constellation the SDA will assemble in low Earth orbit.
"Under the plan, the Space Force will have hundreds of small satellites, with new ones launched every few years to increase resilience and capabilities in orbit,"The 10 Tranche 0 satellites cost about $15 million apiece, the magazine added. Eight of the spacecraft going up today will relay data and two will track missiles, though this first set is intended primarily to demonstrate capabilities that future SDA satellites will take operational.
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