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In December, the U.S. Space Development Agency contracted L3Harris to begin producing 16 Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.
The radio-frequency antenna in northern Norway provides geographic distribution to enable frequent contacts with the Space Development Agency’s constellation.
The fiscal year 2024 budget supports the Space Force’s major programs and enables the Space Development Agency to continue building a more resilient space architecture in low Earth orbit and deploying capabilities used to track hypersonic missiles.
Terran Orbital displayed a full-size Nebula platform that powers the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 constellation.
Initial shipments of the CONDOR Mk3 free-space optical communications system will be part of the United States Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer programs.
Mynaric was selected by York Space Systems to supply optical communications terminals for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Mynaric was selected by Loft Federal to supply CONDOR Mk3 terminals to NExT, the SDA’s Experimental Testbed.
Lockheed Martin uses Terran Orbital’s satellite buses to build small satellites for the U.S. Space Force as part of the Space Development Agency’s proliferated mesh network of satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Tracking Layer Tranche 1 is the first deployment of a multi-phase plan to develop a global missile warning and tracking system by the Space Development Agency.
Congress increased the Space Development Agency’s 2023 budget by $250,000,000 specifically to pay for missile-tracking satellites, enabling the addition of seven Raytheon satellites as a fifth plane of the constellation.
RTX remains committed to supporting the Space Development Agency on current and future programs to deliver capabilities to support the warfighter.
In July 2022 the Space Development Agency ordered 14 Tracking Layer satellites from Northrop Grumman and 14 from L3Harris Technologies.
The Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 will not include seven satellites made by Raytheon Technologies as originally planned.
The Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer work is part of a collaborative approach that includes MEO missile warning/missile tracking efforts at Space Systems Command and integrated data and ground efforts of the Missile Defense Agency.
In January 2024, the Space Development Agency awarded Sierra Space a $740,000,000 prime contract for 18 Tranche 2 satellites to provide global indications, detection, warning, and tracking of conventional and advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.
Terran Orbital will present a full-size Nebula platform that powers the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 constellation.
Sierra Space’s $1,300,000,000 defense backlog includes a $740,000,000 deal announced in January to produce 18 missile-tracking satellites for the U.S. Space Force’s next-generation missile-tracking satellite network built by the Space Development Agency.
In January 2024, the Space Development Agency awarded Sierra Space a $740,000,000 prime contract for 18 Tranche 2 satellites to accelerate capabilities for global persistent indications, detection, warning, and tracking of conventional and advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missiles.
Lockheed Martin Space holds a contract to deliver 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Program.
The satellites will be launched into low Earth orbit to be incorporated into the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture LEO constellation.