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 manufactures its own satellite buses for Space Development Agency work.
Mynaric was selected by York Space Systems to supply optical communications terminals for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
AE Industrial Partners acquired a majority stake in York Space Systems in 2022.
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.
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.
Tranche 1 includes 126 Transport Layer communications satellites built by York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.
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.
York Space Systems launched the BANE commercial mission spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-12-01.
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.
York Space Systems established contact with its Bane satellite within three hours of the 2023-12-01 launch.
York Space Systems' BANE satellite was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-12-01.
York Space Systems won a $615,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency awarded in October.
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.
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 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 launched nine satellites for Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
York Space Systems is developing 62 satellites for Tranche 2 Alpha scheduled for launch in 2026.
The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to develop the Tranche 0 satellites.
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.
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.