TacSat launch time, date and countdown
TBD 2026 (date TBD)
No launch date has been set yet (listed as 2026). The countdown starts once a date is announced.
Launch details
- Target
- 2026 (date TBD)
- Status
- TBD To Be Determined
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace (Commercial)
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha Block 2
- Mission
- TacSat
- Mission type
- Technology
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country code
- USA
Times can change. Central time is America/Chicago (CST/CDT). Source: Launch Library 2.
About this launch
TacSat is a launch of the Firefly Alpha Block 2 rocket operated by Firefly Aerospace. No launch date has been set yet. Launch Library 2 currently lists it as no earlier than 2026, so the date and time shown on this page are placeholders until a real date is announced. The launch site is Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. The target orbit is Low Earth Orbit. Mission type: Technology. Launch Library 2 lists the current status as “To Be Determined”.
Mission description
First of up to 25 launches of Low Earth Orbit technology demonstration satellites to be built and operated by Lockheed Martin. TacSat is an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance spacecraft with a mission to prove specialized sensing and communications capabilities on orbit. The satellite will participate in exercises that highlight cross-domain kill-web connectivity, enabling timely execution of tactical space missions. TacSat will host a proven Lockheed Martin infrared sensor on board that brings previously developed technology to space for the first time. This sensor produces high quality imagery and it can interface with federated Battle Management Command & Control (BMC2) c...
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