The mission has been procured by the DoD Space Test Program in
partnership with Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as part of its Rapid
Agile Launch Initiative .The payload consists of three satellites,
SPARC-1, Falcon ODE and Harbinger, that will deployed in a precise
sequence. The Space Plug and Play Architecture Research CubeSat-1
(SPARC-1) mission, sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space
Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV), is a joint Swedish-United States
experiment to explore technology developments in avionics
miniaturization, software defined radio systems, and space
situational awareness (SSA). The Falcon Orbital Debris
Experiment (Falcon ODE), sponsored by the United States Air
Force Academy, will evaluate ground-based tracking of space
objects. Harbinger, a commercial small satellite built by York Space
Systems and sponsored by the U.S Army, will demonstrate the ability of
an experimental commercial system to meet DoD space capability
requirements.