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 is developing an additional 42 satellites for Tranche 1 of the PWSA expected to launch in late 2024.
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 is developing 62 satellites for Tranche 2 Alpha scheduled for launch in 2026.
York developed, delivered, and launched nine satellites for Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
The Link 16 antennas on York Space’s Tranche 0 satellites were supplied by Redwire.
The Space Development Agency awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems to build Transport Layer Tranche 2 satellites equipped with optical and radio-frequency communications terminals.
The award to York Space Systems was fully signed on 2023-10-10.
SDA awarded a firm-fixed-price OTA agreement with a total potential value of approximately $617,000,000 to York Space Systems of Denver to deliver and operate 62 T2TL-Alpha space vehicles in eight orbital planes plus associated ground systems, operations, and sustainment capability.
York Space Systems was selected to build the other 62 spacecraft for Transport Layer Tranche 2 Alpha.
The $615,000,000 contract with York Space includes an incentive payment for on-time delivery.
York Space has 124 satellites ordered to date, making the Colorado-based manufacturer currently the Space Development Agency’s largest supplier of satellites.
The Space Development Agency awarded York Space a $615,000,000 contract for 62 satellites for the Department of Defense’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 Alpha.
York Space Systems is developing 42 satellites to support the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 (T1) of the PWSA slated for launch in late 2024.
The eight York satellites launched in April have not yet begun orbit-raising maneuvers by design, with initial demonstrations planned at the insertion orbit and orbit-raising scheduled for later.
York Space Systems is developing 12 experimental satellites as part of the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) program expected to launch in 2025.
York Space Systems delivered all of its Tranche 0 (T0) satellites to the Space Development Agency.
One Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellite made by York Space Systems remains on the ground to serve as a software testbed.
York Space Systems established successful communications with its final in-orbit spacecraft delivered for the Tranche 0 (T0) Transport program.
The 13 Tranche 0 spacecraft launched 2023-09-02 included 11 communications satellites, 10 of which were made by Lockheed Martin and one of which was made by York Space.
York Space Systems is developing 12 experimental satellites as part of the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) program expected to launch in 2025.