Space Force shifts from SDA transport layer to new Space Data Network ‘backbone’

Space Force shifts from SDA transport layer to new Space Data Network ‘backbone’

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A Space X Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket was launched as part of classified mission USSF-124, sending six satellites to orbit - two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Contreras)

A project previously called MILNET will now be funded in a budget line labeled “proliferated LEO SATCOM,” which the Space Force is seeking $1.6 billion in reconciliation funding to kick off.

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