York Space Systems is an aerospace company specializing in the rapid and affordable production of complete space mission solutions, including spacecraft platforms. They manufacture satellites for low-Earth orbit (LEO), geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), and cislunar missions, offering end-to-end services from mission design to operations. York's key products are their S-CLASS and LX-CLASS spacecraft platforms, designed for ISR, remote sensing, weather, and communication missions, serving government and commercial clients like the Space Development Agency (SDA).
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York Space Systems passed System Requirements Review for 10 satellites under the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma variant.
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York completed a successful Link 16 transmission from space to both naval carriers and aircraft.
York Space Systems’ Tranche 0 satellites, part of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, successfully established optical communications in orbit.
A late 2023 demonstration of Link 16 network entry from space used satellites made by York Space to transmit tactical messages from orbit to ground-based receivers.
A Redwire-delivered antenna enabled the first-ever transmission of a Link-16 signal from space for York Space Systems on the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer.
York Space Systems was awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency to develop and deliver 10 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma (T2TL-Gamma) variant of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
York Space Systems is manufacturing 42 satellites for Tranche 1 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture that are expected to launch in late 2024.
York Space Systems developed, delivered, and launched nine satellites for Tranche 0 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
York Space Systems was awarded a contract to deliver 62 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Alpha variant with a launch date set for 2026.
York Space Systems completed production and deployment of the nine Tranche 0 satellites under a $94,000,000 contract awarded in August 2020 in just over 2.5 years.
York Space Systems is producing an additional 12 experimental satellites as part of the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) program scheduled for launch in 2025.
York Space Systems is developing 12 experimental satellites as part of the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) program, scheduled for launch in 2025.
York Space Systems developed, delivered, and successfully launched nine satellites for Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
York Space Systems is developing 42 additional satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, expected to launch in late 2024.
On 2024-08-15, York Space Systems and the Space Development Agency achieved the first successful Link 16 network entry from Tranche 0 satellites in Low Earth Orbit to a U.S. Navy ship in international waters.
The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to develop the Tranche 0 satellites.
York Space Systems is developing 62 satellites for Tranche 2 Alpha of the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, scheduled for launch in 2026.
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