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The L3Harris-built SDA Tracking satellites carrying PDC SCS3740 SBCs launched into low Earth orbit in February on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The Space Development Agency is creating common and joint standards for space communications that still need incorporation and testing.
Power Device Corporation deployed SCS3740 Single Board Computers onboard Space Development Agency Tracking Layer satellites built by L3Harris Technologies.
The SDA-1 Launch Service Task Order will support the launch of Space Vehicles for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellite constellation.
One Phase 3 Lane 1 Task Order procures seven Space Development Agency launches.
The Space Development Agency is utilizing SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch small satellites into a low Earth orbit constellation.
SpaceX completed two successful launches for the Tranche 0 portion of the Space Development Agency’s constellation.
The seven Space Development Agency launches awarded to SpaceX are for the agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer.
BlackSky’s Gen-3 imaging satellites will be modified to accommodate an optical intersatellite link terminal compatible with both the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer and commercial transport layers.
York Space Systems’ Tranche 0 satellites, part of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, successfully established optical communications in orbit.
Tesat-Spacecom is a Germany-based subsidiary of Airbus Defense and Space and has expanded its U.S. presence to support demand for optical communication technologies from SDA.
A 2021 test conducted with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency used different optical terminals that did not comply with the current SDA standard.
In 2022, General Dynamics was selected to build the ground operations and integration segment for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The contract modification increases General Dynamics Mission Systems’ total contract value with the Space Development Agency to approximately $900,000,000 through 2029.
The Space Development Agency, which is part of the U.S. Space Force, is building the PWSA with a dedicated tracking layer for real-time detection and monitoring of ballistic missile threats.
The Space Development Agency awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a $491,000,000 contract extension for satellite ground systems.
A Redwire-delivered antenna enabled the first-ever transmission of a Link-16 signal from space for York Space Systems on the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer.
The Space Development Agency selected Tyvak to produce 10 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma contract.
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems was awarded a $254,000,000 prototype agreement for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Gamma for the Space Development Agency.
The T2TL-Gamma optically-linked satellites are intended to provide enhanced communications and missile tracking capabilities for the Space Development Agency's proliferated space architecture.