SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A

Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Vandenberg, California, USA

Success

Illustration of a military satellite
Provider's time
Oct 10, 7:39 AM UTCStated to the second29 days ago
About
Classified payload to a polar orbit
Mission kind
Military
Rocket
Falcon 9
Provider
SpaceX
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launch site
Vandenberg, California, USA
Mission orbit
Polar orbit
Webcast
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Every move of its time

Each change of the provider's time, as our hourly read of Launch Library saw it.

FromToSeen on
September 2026October 2026Sep 18, 2026
October 2026Oct 5, 8:06 AM UTC (said more exactly)Sep 26, 2026
Oct 5, 8:06 AM UTCOct 5, 8:16 AM UTCOct 1, 2026
Oct 5, 8:16 AM UTCOct 5, 8:17 AM UTCOct 2, 2026
Oct 5, 8:17 AM UTCOct 6, 8:17 AM UTCOct 5, 2026
Oct 6, 8:17 AM UTCOct 8, 7:54 AM UTCOct 6, 2026
Oct 8, 7:54 AM UTCOct 10, 7:29 AM UTCOct 8, 2026
Oct 10, 7:29 AM UTCOct 10, 7:39 AM UTCOct 9, 2026
Oct 10, 7:39 AM UTCOct 10, 7:39 AM UTC (said more exactly)Oct 11, 2026

Debrief

The sketch missed: at least one of its inclination, altitude and plane fell outside its margin against the first Elements of SDA-NG-T1TL-401.

MeasureSketchedMeasuredDifferenceVerdict
Inclination90°81.5°-8.5°Outside its margin
Mean altitude600 km949.7 km349.7 kmOutside its margin
Plane (ascending node at lift-off)193.25°200.62°7.37°Outside its margin

Read on Oct 20, 2026, against its Assumed profile.

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