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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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved OneWeb’s payment to its satellite vendor during a 2020-07-10 hearing.
The British government will lead a consortium with Bharti to complete the purchase of OneWeb, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020 subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
York Space Systems and Metropolitan State University of Denver won a U.S. Air Force Small Business Technology Transfer study contract announced 2020-06-23 to investigate ways to reduce the cost and speed delivery of high-quality satellite imagery.
Melanie Preisser is vice president of national systems at York Space Systems and supports an applied curriculum developed with Metropolitan State University of Denver to ensure graduates have skills to build, deploy, and operate spacecraft.
York Space Systems and Metropolitan State University of Denver were awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer study contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory on 2020-06-23.
York Space Systems announced plans in 2017 to establish a manufacturing facility for S-Class satellites and a mission operations center on the Metropolitan State University of Denver campus.
York Space Systems will manufacture its spacecraft platform for the LatConnect 60 constellation and provide full mission operations and deployment capabilities.
York Space Systems' spacecraft platform is designed to improve affordability and ease of access to space for next-generation space companies.
York Space Systems is seeking to mass manufacture small satellites for commercial and government customers.
LatConnect 60 will hire York Space Systems to manufacture small satellites and to operate its Earth observation constellation.
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York Space Systems opened a new production facility in Denver on 2020-05-19.
York Space Systems’ manufacturing approach increases throughput by more than 80 percent.
In the new Denver facility, York employees will be able to manufacture and test 20 spacecraft simultaneously.
OneWeb is asking the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York for permission to issue up to $8,800,000 in worker retention and incentive payments to discourage remaining employees from quitting before a spectrum sale.
York designed its manufacturing concept to be scalable from producing as few as 20 satellites a year to producing 20 satellites a week.
By early 2021, York Space Systems’ new facility will be capable of manufacturing and testing up to 20 spacecraft per week.
York planned facility improvements in 2020 to speed up manufacturing.
York Space Systems will complete testing of production facility integrated capabilities including an Uninterruptible Power Supply, a 1.5 gigawatt Power Generator System, and dual isolated independent Internet Service Providers in the upcoming weeks.
By 2021, York Space Systems’ expanded manufacturing capacity will reduce satellite delivery timelines from one year to less than two months after a contract is awarded.