The latest space news, investor updates and exclusive interviews. VIEW IN BROWSER | NEWSLETTERS THU, AUG 31, 2023 Michael Sheetz | Space Reporter @thesheetztweetz OVERVIEW: Deep in the Tranches Lockheed Martin's Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites are seen in one of the company's processing facilities. Credit: Lockheed Martin Low Earth orbit satellite constellations are all the rage, but up to this point they've been the prospective domain of commercial entities. Now the U.S. military wants in on the action — thanks in part to inroads made by the likes of Starlink, OneWeb, Planet and more — and it's spending big, turning to a variety of companies to build a satellite network unlike any the military has built before. Lockheed Martin is one of the major winners so far under the Space Development Agency, or SDA, a part of the U.S. Space Force and one of its three acquisition divisions. SDA is about to launch t