Falcon-9R B1103.4 | SDA T1Tl-E | 16.07.2026

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Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer E
Numer misji   #695   
Data   16 lipca 2026, 22:32:27 czasu polskiego
Okno startowe   22 minuty
Miejsce startu   VSFB SLC-4E 
Miejsce lądowania   OCISLY
Rakieta   Falcon 9 Block 5
Booster   1103.4
Ładunek   21 satelitów Transport Layer Tranche 1
Docelowa orbita   polarna (LEO)
Klient   SDA

Misja w ramach której na orbitę trafiły wojskowe satelity należące do amerykańskiej agencji SDA (ang. Space Development Agency) odpowiedzialnej za koordynowanie działań w kosmosie. Jest to 21 zbudowanych przez firmę York Space Systems satelitów z pierwszej transzy tzw. Warstwy Transportowej (ang. Transport Layer), która ma stworzyć wojskową szkieletową sieć komunikacyjną, pozwalającą m.in. na bezpośrednią łączność z myśliwcami. Satelity zostały umieszczone na orbicie polarnej o wysokości około 1000 km nad Ziemią i inklinacji 81.3°.

Źródła: SpaceX, Next Spaceflight
https://spacex.com.pl/misja/sda-tranche-1-tl-e

On Thursday, July 16 at 1:32 p.m. PT, SpaceX launched the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) third Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was the third of nine Tranche 1 missions Falcon 9 will launch on behalf of the SDA.

This was the fourth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-179 and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

The space vehicles launched during this mission provide data transport as part of the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a mesh network of optically connected satellites in low-Earth orbit that enable global military tactical communications and missile warning, indication, and tracking capabilities.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/sda-t1tl-e

Space Development Agency @SemperCitiusSDA 10:17 PM · Jul 15, 2026
Tranche 1 is ready for launch! The third T1 launch is planned for July 16, 2026, from VSFB, CA. Anticipated around 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET. Livestream available on @SpaceX's website: https://spacex.com/launches/sda-t1tl-e 
Photo: SDA T1 faring encapsulating @YorkSpaceSystem
 SVs. 📸: SpaceX

https://x.com/SemperCitiusSDA/status/2077487642405474501
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2077764716466679963

SpaceX @SpaceX 9:53 PM · Jul 16, 2026
All systems are looking good, and weather is favorable for liftoff. Propellant load is about to begin for Falcon 9’s launch of the @SemperCitiusSDA's third Tranche 1 data transport mission from California

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2077844022178034057

Widok Adaptera ładunku Falcona 9 z 20 (4x5) satelitami wokół niego, z 21. na górze.

Space Intelligence @SpaceIntel101 12:52 AM · Jul 17, 2026
A better view of the stack.
The Falcon 9 payload adapter with 20 (4x5) satellites attached around it, with the 21st on top.
The fairing halves beside it are ready to enclose and protect them from atmospheric drag on the way up to space.

https://x.com/SpaceIntel101/status/2077889227086295282

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Zostało wyniesionych 21 satelitów T1TL-C.
To trzecia partia satelitów drugiej warstwy (Transzy 1) wojskowej sieci monitoringu nowej generacji.
Operatorem satelitów jest agencja rozwoju obronności SDA, ale nie są to satelity wywiadowcze.
Satelity T1TL stanowią element wojskowej warstwy łączności i nadzoru i zapewniają hybrydowe , dwukierunkowe łącze komunikacyjne do przesyłania danych taktycznych.
https://x.com/Kosmo_Michal/status/2078050498976845982
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=63606.0

Kolejna paczka satelitów dla DoD
  16.07. o 20:32:36 z Vandenberg wystrzelona została RN Falcon-9R, która wyniosła na orbitę 21 satelitów SDA T1Tl-E.
Pierwszy stopień RN (B1103.4) w T+8' wylądował na ASDS OCISLY.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n260716.htm#01
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2077854161031364802

SDA T1TL-E launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing


SpaceX SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E

SpaceX @SpaceX 3:37 AM · Jul 17, 2026
Falcon 9 launches the @SemperCitiusSDA’s third Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2077930626120921237

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SpaceX @SpaceX 10:42 PM · Jul 16, 2026
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2077856464803410041

SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency
July 16, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

(...) The SDA’s constellation, the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), consists of a series of series of interconnected satellites with varying focuses, from missile tracking to navigation. The satellites launching on Thursday afternoon are part of the communications layer, referred to as the Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL). (...)

A little more than 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1103 landed on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. This was the 211th landing on this vessel and the 639th booster landing to date for SpaceX. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/07/16/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-21-communications-satellites-for-the-space-development-agency/

U. S. Space Force successfully launches additional Tranche 1 satellites, expands Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
Published July 17, 2026 By Public Affairs

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --  U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) launched the SDA’s Tranche 1 (T1) Transport Layer-E (T1TL-E) mission at 1:32 p.m. PDT  today, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.

The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, under SSC’s System Delta 80 (SYD 80), successfully delivered the SDA’s 21 data transport T1 SVs into low Earth Orbit (LEO). These SVs will support the tracking of advanced missile threats by providing secure, low-latency, beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) tactical communication links, delivering a resilient, optically-connected network of integrated capabilities to the warfighter at speed.

“The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program team successfully executed a launch today for our Space Development Agency partners, helping build out another orbital plane for their communications layer,” said U.S. Space Force Col. Ryan Hiserote, SSC SYD 80 commander. (...)
https://www.ssc.spaceforce.mil/Newsroom/Article-Display/Article/4548922/u-s-space-force-successfully-launches-additional-tranche-1-satellites-expands-p