Launched in July, the Anduril-26 was put into operation and controlled from the ground via the Lattice mesh network, and returned the first calibrated images of its three sensors.
Anduril announced on August 13, 2026, that its Anduril-26 satellite, launched on July 7 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a SpaceX Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-17 mission, was nominally operating in low Earth orbit. It is the first fully integrated craft by the company.
The notable point is less about the satellite itself than about its operation: commissioning and task assignment go through Lattice, the company's software-defined mesh network, which allows the spacecraft to be controlled remotely from the ground like any other sensor in the network. The three onboard imaging payloads — a long-wavelength infrared detector and two electro-optical sensors — have returned their first calibrated images.
The mission is a technological demonstration in space domain surveillance, on an Apex-type platform. The company has scheduled two other self-financed missions: one with Argo Space to geostationary transfer orbit, the other with Impulse Space for rendezvous and proximity operations in geostationary orbit.
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