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https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240411809011/en/Rocket-Lab-Selected-by-Space-Systems-Command-to-Build-and-Launch-Spacecraft-for-Tactically-Responsive-Space-TacRS-Mission

Rocket Lab Selected by Space Systems Command to Build and Launch Spacecraft for Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Mission

Теперь
https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/rocket-lab-clears-integration-milestone-for-victus-haze-delivering-end-to-end-capabilities-for-responsive-space-operations/

Rocket Lab Clears Integration Milestone for VICTUS HAZE, Delivering End-to-End Capabilities for Responsive Space Operations
Long Beach, Calif. August 6, 2025 – Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the successful completion of their Systems Integration Review (SIR) for the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) VICTUS HAZE mission, part of Space Systems Command's (SSC) Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) program, led by Space Safari, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

The SIR was completed in May and marked a critical program milestone, confirming that all spacecraft components, systems, and software were ready for final integration and testing. The milestone followed Rocket Lab's successful Critical Design Review earlier in the year, which validated the mission design and cleared the way for production. Following the SIR, Rocket Lab completed spacecraft integration, and the vehicle is now entering final testing just 15 months after contract award, underscoring Rocket Lab's speed and efficiency.

Rocket Lab is the only provider delivering a complete, end-to-end mission solution to Space Safari. This includes satellite design, component manufacturing, satellite integration and testing, flight and ground software, mission and launch licensing, launch, commissioning, and on-orbit operations. Rocket Lab owns the entire mission lifecycle, simplifying program execution, reducing cost and schedule risk, and enabling rapid, responsive delivery.

"VICTUS HAZE is about more than responsive launch, it's about ensuring the U.S. can act at the speed of need in a contested space domain," said Brad Clevenger, President of Rocket Lab National Security. "With Rocket Lab's flight-proven systems and fully integrated mission capability, we're uniquely positioned to deliver the agility, speed, and reliability that national security demands."

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VICTUS HAZE will be a proving ground for how Rocket Lab can rapidly build, deploy, and operate spacecraft in response to emergent U.S. national security needs. The mission will demonstrate the ability to launch and conduct rendezvous and proximity operations on tactically relevant timelines, showcasing what's possible when commercial innovation is applied to national defense priorities.

By leveraging commercial partners like Rocket Lab, the program supports broader USSF goals accelerating the transition from demonstration of responsive space concepts to fully operational national security capabilities.

Rocket Lab will complete final environmental testing and readiness milestones in the coming months.

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Rocket Lab National Security LLC, дочерняя компания Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) ( «Rocket Lab» или «Компания»), мирового лидера в области пусковых услуг и космических систем, сегодня объявила об успешном завершении обзора системной интеграции (SIR) для миссии VICTUS HAZE Космических сил США (USSF), которая является частью программы тактического реагирования в космосе (TacRS) Командования космических систем (SSC), возглавляемой Space Safari в партнерстве с Отделом оборонных инноваций (DIU).

Испытание SIR было завершено в мае и стало важнейшей вехой программы, подтвердившей готовность всех компонентов, систем и программного обеспечения космического аппарата к окончательной интеграции и испытаниям. Этому событию предшествовало успешное прохождение Rocket Lab критического анализа конструкции в начале года, который подтвердил проект миссии и открыл путь к производству. После испытания SIR Rocket Lab завершила интеграцию космического аппарата, и теперь , всего через 15 месяцев после заключения контракта , аппарат выходит на этап финальных испытаний , что подчеркивает скорость и эффективность работы Rocket Lab...

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Я вот сижу и думаю: USA-67 стоял в точке 75 градусов в.д. В 2014 году он был уведён на орбиту захоронения. 
 В 2018 году эту точку занял USA-162. А кто же работал в этой точке в 2014-18 гг? А сейчас  USA-162 уже гдето напротив Калифорнии. И кто же там? 

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А ещё были два спутника т.н. "Магнум" - USA-8 и 48. 
Под конец тоже болтались в этом районе - 82 и 90 в.д. И тоже уведены на орбиту захоронения в 2013 году. 

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А теперь научная загадка: кому на замену предназначен USA-250?  Магнумам или SDSу? 
Запущен в 2014 году, но три года до 2017 висел над 163 градусами з.д. А в 2017 был переведён на 82 в.д. и с тех пор висит там.
 USA-250 единственный в своём роде. Аналогов ему с тех пор нет. Других секретных спутников над 163 з.д. никогда не было. Зарубежные аналитеги теряются в его классификации и назначении. Наиболее распространённая версия - новое поколение тяжёлых геостационарных спутников РТР, придумано даже название - "Шарп". 
 Но. Для тяжёлого геостационарного РТР типа "Орион" слишком маленький. Обычно их запускают непосредственно на ГСО самыми тяжёлыми в арсенале США РН типа Титан-402 или Хэви Дельта. А этот запущен Атласом-5 в варианте 541. Такой же ракетой запускались GOESы пятого поколения на платформе А-2100. Стартовая масса 5 тонн, масса на ГСО - 3 тонны. Маловато для аппарата типа "Орион". 
 Итого какие будут версии? А то у меня пасьянс не складывается.  

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По наземным станциям есть документ
https://www.nasa.gov/smallsat-institute/sst-soa/ground-data-systems-and-mission-operations/
Попутно, но малоценно:
https://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PG-SIGINT-Satellites.pdf
https://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/nk/2014/nk2014-06.pdf
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Satellites_of_the_National_Reconnaissance_Office
https://www.orbitalfocus.uk/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2014
http://www.milsatmagazine.com/story.php?number=2107040014
https://www.americaspace.com/2014/04/10/atlas-v-launches-classified-nrol-67-satellite-into-orbit/

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А теперь научная загадка: кому на замену предназначен USA-250? 

Как оказалось зарегистрирована геостационарная система USCSID. В её точках стоят спутники SDS.  Точки 75 и 82 в.д. это две её соседние точки. 
 А для тяжёлых спутников РТР точки вообще не регистрируются. 
 Так что практически наверняка USA-250 это спутник SDS пришедший на смену USA-67. А единственный, большой и тяжёлый потому что ключевая точка откуда видны вся Россия и Китай. USA-67 тоже был единственный и немаленький. 

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https://www.sda.mil/space-development-agency-makes-awards-to-build-72-tracking-layer-satellites-for-tranche-3/

Space Development Agency Makes Awards to Build 72 Tracking Layer Satellites for Tranche 3
^{Date: Dec. 19, 2025}
Tracking Layer Tranche 3 expands upon missile warning/missile tracking and missile defense capabilities deployed in Tranches 1 and 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced the award of four agreements, with a total value of approximately $3.5 billion, to build 72 Tracking Layer satellites to proliferate missile warning/missile tracking (MW/MT) infrared (IR) sensors along with missile warning, tracking, and defense (MWTD) sensors in support of Tracking Layer Tranche 3 (TRKT3) of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) in low Earth orbit (LEO).

These Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements are awarded to teams led by Lockheed Martin of Sunnyvale, California, Rocket Lab USA of Long Beach, California, Northrop Grumman of Redondo Beach, California and L3Harris Technologies of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to each deliver and operate 18 space vehicles (SV) as part of the Tracking Layer constellation for Tranche 3, launching in fiscal year 2029.

"The Tracking Layer of Tranche 3, once integrated with the PWSA Transport Layer, will significantly  increase the coverage and accuracy needed to close kill chains against advanced adversary threats," said SDA Acting Director Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo. "The constellation will include a mix of missile warning and missile tracking, with half the constellation's payloads supporting advanced missile defense missions to pace evolving threats. The addition of these satellites will achieve near-continuous global coverage for missile warning and tracking, along with payloads capable of generating fire control quality tracks for missile defense. This is a prime example of spiral development: the ability to rapidly integrate the next generation of technologies, and to proliferate the most impactful capabilities for increased capacity and lethality."

Lockheed Martin is being awarded a firm fixed-priced OTA agreement with a total potential value of $1.1 billion to provide 18 MWTD space vehicles (SVs).
Rocket Lab USA is being awarded a firm fixed-priced OTA agreement with a total potential value of $805 million to provide 18 MWTD SVs.
Northrop Grumman is being awarded a firm fixed-priced OTA agreement with a total potential value of $764 million to provide 18 MW/MT SVs.
L3Harris Technologies is being awarded a firm fixed-priced OTA agreement with a total potential value of $843 million to provide 18 MW/MT SVs.
The TRKT3, organized across eight orbital planes, builds upon SDA's previous generations, Tranche 1 and Tranche 2, by expanding and enhancing coverage to provide global, persistent indication, detection, warning, tracking, and identification of conventional and advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems. Each SV is equipped with an IR mission payload, optical communication terminals (OCTs), and Ka-band communications payloads as well as an S-band backup telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) system.

Each Tracking Layer SV will be interoperable with all PWSA SVs, for example Transport Layer SVs, and will operate in an integrated fashion through a common ground system.

The Tracking Layer will form a global constellation in LEO of IR missile warning and missile tracking satellites that integrate with the Transport Layer's low-latency mesh communication network to provide mission data directly over tactical data links and enable advanced missile tracking from proliferated LEO. Resilience is built in through proliferation by fielding refreshed capabilities with targeted technological enhancements approximately every two years with each generation of satellites that launch.

The Tracking Layer initiates the PWSA's proliferation of missile defense sensing, or fire control, in support of Homeland Defense and Theater Defense. The PWSA is integrated into the U.S. Space Force's holistic hybrid missile warning/missile tracking/missile defense architecture to support joint force operations and ensure warfighting success across all domains.

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https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/19/3208731/0/en/Rocket-Lab-Awarded-816M-Prime-Contract-to-Build-Missile-Defense-Satellite-Constellation-for-U-S-Space-Force.html

Rocket Lab Awarded $816M Prime Contract to Build Missile- Defense Satellite Constellation for U.S. Space Force
Rocket Lab's largest contract to date solidifies its position as a disruptive force in national security space, redefining the speed and efficiency of satellite production and challenging legacy aerospace primes
December 19, 2025 16:05 ET  | Source: Rocket Lab Corporation

LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it has been awarded a landmark prime contract by the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and manufacture 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 (TRKT3) program under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The award is Rocket Lab's largest single contract to date and underscores its growing reputation as a trusted prime in national security space.

Under the $816 million contract, Rocket Lab will deliver satellites equipped with advanced missile warning, tracking, and defense sensors to provide global, persistent detection and tracking of emerging missile threats, including hypersonic systems. The award includes a $806 million base contract plus up to $10.45 million in options. Each satellite will feature Rocket Lab's next-generation Phoenix infrared sensor payload, a wide field-of-view (WFOV) solution designed to meet the evolving missile defense needs of national security space. To ensure mission resilience, the satellites will be equipped with Rocket Lab's advanced StarLite space protection sensors, designed to safeguard the constellation against directed energy threats. Notably, StarLite sensors have also been adopted by other prime contractors developing TRKT3 satellites, further expanding Rocket Lab's role in the program and unlocking additional contract value beyond its own satellite production. In addition to the $816M prime contract award value, as a leading merchant supplier into the other TRKT3 prime contractors, there are additional subsystem opportunities that could take the total capture value to approximately $1 billion for supplying items such as payloads, solar solutions, attitude determination and control components, software, and other solutions from our broad portfolio of capabilities.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiIjWlRRoiY

Rocket Lab SDA Tranche 3 Investor Update
  Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab today announced it has been awarded a landmark prime contract by the U.S. Space Development Agency to design and manufacture 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 program under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The award is Rocket Lab's largest single contract to date and underscores its growing reputation as a trusted prime in national security space.
Under the $816 million contract, Rocket Lab will deliver satellites equipped with advanced missile warning, tracking, and defense sensors to provide global, persistent detection and tracking of emerging missile threats, including hypersonic systems.