SDA Transmits Link 16 To Earth From LEO Satellite Constellation

The Space Development Agency is is hailing the demonstration as a “major milestone” in showing the feasibility of its planned PWSA constellation.

Credit: Terran Orbital
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has successfully transmitted data over a Link 16 broadcast from its Tranche 0 Transport Layer demonstration satellites to a test site located within the territory of a Five Eyes partner nation. In what the SDA calls a first, the satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO)...
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