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The NDAA directs that the Space Development Agency be moved from the oversight of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the U.S. Space Force by 2022.
The Space Development Agency decided its constellations will operate in low Earth orbit at higher altitudes between 800 km and 1,200 km above Earth.
By late 2022, the Space Development Agency planned to have several dozen satellites in orbit to demonstrate operation of a proliferated constellation and connectivity to weapon systems.
Congress appropriated $30,500,000 for Space Development Agency operations and maintenance, $20,000,000 for research and development, and $75,000,000 for technology prototyping in fiscal year 2020.
The Space Development Agency plans to build an initial constellation called a transport layer to locate targets on the ground and at sea and to track advanced missiles including hypersonic glide vehicles.
Congress directed in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that the Space Development Agency be moved to the U.S. Space Force no later than 2022.
The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency is soliciting pitches for technologies to build a network of satellites in low Earth orbit to help the military find ground targets and track enemy missiles in flight.
The Space Development Agency plans to expand the transport layer so that by 2024 it provides regional coverage with hundreds of satellites and by 2026 it provides global coverage.
The Space Development Agency believes the industrial base is mature enough to build the initial transport layer over the next two years and then deliver one satellite per week to support other layers.
The spending agreement provides $30,500,000 for Space Development Agency operations and maintenance.
The $75,000,000 approved for Space Development Agency technology prototyping is $10,000,000 less than requested.
The $30,500,000 for Space Development Agency operations and maintenance is $14,200,000 less than the administration requested.
The spending agreement fully funds the Space Development Agency’s $20,000,000 request for research and development.
The spending agreement approves $75,000,000 for Space Development Agency technology prototyping.
Appropriators reduced the administration’s funding request for the Space Development Agency for fiscal year 2020.
The space acquisition executive will oversee and direct the Space and Missile Systems Center, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, and the Space Development Agency.
The continuing resolution and congressional impasse over the fiscal year 2020 budget are delaying Space Development Agency projects and affecting the agency’s operations.
The Space Development Agency’s immediate priorities include developing a mesh network of low Earth orbit satellites to provide secure communications and a constellation of surveillance satellites to track advanced hypersonic glide weapons.
The Air Force Space Command introduced the term Space Domain Awareness (SDA) as a replacement for Space Situational Awareness (SSA).
Maj. Gen. John Shaw's memo directs all space organizations in the Air Force to adopt the term SDA effective immediately.