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SDA said Tranche 1 would finish launching in 2026. The fiscal year ends with 63 of 154 operational satellites on orbit, every one a data relay, and none of the 28 missile trackers launched.
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Half the data layer is up. None of the missile trackers has flown. The record Congress will weigh on SDA's future.
The appropriation is public. The funded scope of the work is not yet reconciled in one place.
Washington named a capability and withheld the inventory. What the public record establishes, and what it still does not.
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