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The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency has long-term plans to develop surveillance satellites to observe cislunar space.
The Space Development Agency plans a much larger transport layer constellation by 2024 to provide global connectivity to the U.S. military.
The Space Development Agency hosted an online industry day that drew an audience of over 500 people.
The Space Development Agency had $25,000,000 in its 2020 budget for the transport layer project.
The 20-satellite mesh network is designated by the Space Development Agency as the transport layer tranche 0.
The Space Development Agency intends to select two or more companies in 2020 to design, build, and test a mesh network of up to 20 satellites in low Earth orbit by 2022.
The Space Development Agency requested $100,000,000 in its 2021 budget for the transport layer project.
Constellations of satellites that use infrared sensors to detect missile launches are being developed by the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency, and the Missile Defense Agency.
The office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration is working with the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency on a separate report due to Congress in September 2020 explaining how multiple organizations that currently oversee missile-warning satellite programs plan to synchronize efforts.
The Space Development Agency is soliciting bids and drafting plans to launch satellites to identify targets, track advanced missiles, and share the information gathered.
DoD long-term projections indicate the Space Development Agency will seek much larger budgets starting in 2022 to begin building constellations.
The Pentagon’s 2021 budget includes $48,000,000 for Space Development Agency operations.
The Pentagon’s 2021 budget includes $288,000,000 for Space Development Agency technology projects.
The Space Development Agency plans to design and deploy large constellations of low-cost satellites in low Earth orbit to detect and track missiles and assist battlefield target finding.
The Space Development Agency was created to develop and field next-generation space systems faster and cheaper than traditional military procurements.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Space Development Agency to move under the Space Force no later than 2022.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Space Development Agency to become part of the U.S. Space Force no later than 2022.
The Space Development Agency’s 2020 budget of $125,500,000 is less than two percent the size of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s annual budget.
The Space Development Agency’s 2020 budget is $125,500,000.
Fred Kennedy, former head of the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency, indicated that defense and intelligence agencies are eager to leverage the capabilities from small satellites and networks.