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The first-stage booster supporting the NROL-149 mission was flying its 22nd mission after previously launching Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, SDA-0B, Iridium OneWeb, Transporter-7, NROL-113, NROL-167, and 14 Starlink missions.
The Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture aims to deploy a Tracking Layer of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit to enhance missile detection and tracking capabilities.
Under the Space Development Agency program, L3Harris is supplying infrared payloads to Millennium Space Systems.
The Space Development Agency has awarded L3Harris contracts under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture that collectively include 38 satellites across Tranche 0, Tranche 1, and Tranche 2.
L3Harris Technologies completed Preliminary Design Review for the development of 18 space vehicles for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program.
In January 2024 L3Harris received a $919,000,000 contract from the Space Development Agency to design and build 18 space vehicles with infrared payloads for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.
The Space Development Agency plans to launch 160 satellites for Tranche 1 of the PWSA starting in spring 2025.
In early 2024, the Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris a $919,000,000 contract to develop 18 infrared space vehicles for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer to provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage.
L3Harris Technologies conducted a Critical Design Review for 45 mission payload (MPL) radios and 40 CXK-1000 radios they are designing, developing, and producing in support of Lockheed Martin Space’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta contract with the Space Development Agency.
In early 2024, four missile-tracking satellites designed and built by L3Harris launched into orbit as part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Tracking Layer program.
Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta is part of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
SDA plans Tranche 3 for launches projected in 2028 and 2029 that will expand the constellation by approximately 200 satellites and introduce capabilities tailored to the U.S. Army.
The SDA is an organization under the U.S. Space Force with a primary mission to develop and deploy a space network to enhance military detection, tracking, and countering of advanced threats.
For Tranche 3, SDA plans to procure 40 to 45 tracking satellites and nine multi-mission satellites capable of missile warning, tracking, and fire-control defense functions.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at a maximum of $116,700,000 over five years to create and operate an Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Advanced Fire Control program.
The Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program is deploying a network of low Earth orbit satellites equipped with infrared sensors to improve the U.S. military’s ability to detect and respond to missile threats.
Rocket Lab is executing a $515,000,000 prime contract with the Space Development Agency to build 18 spacecraft for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.
The Space Development Agency is seeking to establish a common, enduring ground infrastructure that can support a range of fire-control programs.
Project 2025 proposes changing the Space Development Agency’s approach to building a low Earth orbit constellation to a methodology that maintains aggressive timelines with greater engineering rigor and emphasis on sustainment, support, and fully integrated space operations.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions secured a $116.7 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency to develop a ground system that supports missile-defense operations with data from low Earth orbit satellites.