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York Space Systems

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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).

commercialFounded 2014
Denver, Colorado, United States
www.YorkSpaceSystems.com
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York Space Systems manufactures its own satellite buses for Space Development Agency work.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Apr 18, 2024Suppliers struggle as military embraces small satellites

Mynaric was selected by York Space Systems to supply optical communications terminals for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Apr 4, 2024Mynaric Starts Volume Production for its Flagship Space Laser Terminal

AE Industrial Partners acquired a majority stake in York Space Systems in 2022.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.2Feb 24, 2024space-industry-seeks-clarity-on-defense-market-plans

New York-based investment firm Antara Capital has agreed to invest $25,000,000 to help offset investor redemptions if the minimum cash amount is not reached.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.3Feb 5, 2024Lynk Global finalizes SPAC merger deal

SDA has ordered 190 satellites for Transport Layer Tranche 2: 100 Alpha satellites to be manufactured by Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems and 90 Beta satellites to be produced by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Rocket Lab USA.

RelationshipsValue 5.0Jan 15, 2024SDA to acquire satellites with custom payloads to enable faster targeting on battlefields

Tranche 1 includes 126 Transport Layer communications satellites built by York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Dec 7, 2023Space Development Agency aims high for 2024 after strong 2023 start

In New York City, where Hayden AI equipment is installed on Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses, transit speeds have increased by as much as 40% and collisions have decreased by as much as 34% on streets with transit routes utilizing the technology.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 7, 2023Hayden AI Partners with Los Angeles for Automated Bus Systems

York Space Systems launched the BANE commercial mission spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-12-01.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 5, 2023York Space Systems Successfully Establishes Communications with the BANE Commercial Mission

York Space Systems completed construction earlier in the year of a production facility designed to boost the company’s capacity to more than 1,000 satellites per year.

GrowthCapabilityValue 4.2Dec 4, 2023York reveals latest commercial space-as-a-service mission

York Space Systems established contact with its Bane satellite within three hours of the 2023-12-01 launch.

CapabilityValue 4.0Dec 4, 2023York reveals latest commercial space-as-a-service mission

York Space Systems' BANE satellite was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-12-01.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 4, 2023York Space Systems Establishes Successful Communications with BANE Commercial Mission Hours After Launch

York Space Systems won a $615,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency awarded in October.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0Dec 4, 2023York reveals latest commercial space-as-a-service mission

York Space Systems is developing an additional 42 satellites for Tranche 1 of the Space Development Agency’s PWSA expected to launch in late 2024.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Nov 29, 2023York Space Systems Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology on Tranche 0 Spacecraft

The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to develop the Tranche 0 satellites.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 5.0Nov 29, 2023York Space Systems Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology on Tranche 0 Spacecraft

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.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 29, 2023York Space Systems Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology on Tranche 0 Spacecraft

York Space Systems developed, delivered, and launched nine satellites for Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).

CapabilityRelationshipsPlanValue 4.3Nov 29, 2023York Space Systems Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology on Tranche 0 Spacecraft

York Space Systems is developing 62 satellites for Tranche 2 Alpha scheduled for launch in 2026.

PlanGrowthCapabilityValue 4.2Nov 29, 2023York Space Systems Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology on Tranche 0 Spacecraft

The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to develop the Tranche 0 satellites.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 5.0Nov 28, 2023York Space Systems Achieves Historic Milestone, Successfully Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology from Space on Tranche 0 Spacecraft

Operators transmitted multiple messages from satellites using L-band radios aboard Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites made by York Space to a ground test site outside the United States.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 28, 2023Space Development Agency satellites in low Earth orbit successfully broadcast data

For the initial Link 16 demonstration, the Space Development Agency used three Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites provided by York Space Systems of Denver from both 2023 T0 launches.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Nov 28, 2023Space Development Agency completes space to ground transmission from Link 16 Tactical Data Network
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