Tactically Responsive Launch-2
TacRL-2 was a United States Space Force technology-demonstration mission designed to exercise rapid launch planning, payload integration, range coordination, and early on-orbit operations. Its space-domain-awareness satellite was prepared with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Space Dynamics Laboratory during a 21-day call-up period.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TacRL-2TacRL2
- Name
- Tactically Responsive Launch-2
- Slug
- tactically-responsive-launch-2
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- TacRL-2 was a United States Space Force technology-demonstration mission designed to exercise rapid launch planning, payload integration, range coordination, and early on-orbit operations. Its space-domain-awareness satellite was prepared with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Space Dynamics Laboratory during a 21-day call-up period.
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Pegasus XL delivered the TacRL-2 spacecraft to its intended low Earth orbit. The mission demonstrated a compressed 21-day sequence from call-up through payload preparation, integration, launch, and initial on-orbit planning and operator training, providing an early end-to-end test of tactically responsive space operations.
- Program
- Tactically Responsive Launch
- Start Date
- 2021-06-13
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 18:19:51 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 18:19:51 UTC
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