Olio CafeTranche 1 Transport Layer C launch thread
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-10-15 22:04:37 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-10-15, 16:04:37 (PDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA |
| Booster | B1093-7 |
| Landing | Of Course I Still Love You |
| Payload | 21 satellites |
| Customer | Space Development Agency / USSF |
| Target orbit | Polar Orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkEeUdH4pMM |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aGrm_5UMP4 |
| NASASpaceflight | none |
| Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO_OxbSfMdM |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Grru_kKiqQ |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1978595000284766491 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_yheJOy62s |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 49th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 7 days, 19:10:37 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 158th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 35 days, 8:52:26 hours turnaround for B1093
☑️ 526th Falcon family booster landing, 535th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 129th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 547st overall
☑️ 134th SpaceX mission of 2025, 574th overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 134th SpaceX launch of 2025, 585th overall (including Starship hops)
Mission info
Tranche 1 Transport Layer C is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites.
The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance.
This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3m3bxa27x2s2q
Nominal launch and booster landing.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1978234445170725351