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U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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Lightning is based on the same design as the custom spacecraft Rocket Lab developed for MDA and Globalstar and serves as the basis for Rocket Lab’s bus for the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 28, 2024Rocket Lab Unveils Updated Lineup of Advanced Spacecraft Bus

Redwire recently opened a facility in Longmont, Colorado to add capacity to design Link 16 antennas for the Space Development Agency’s network of low Earth orbit satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 27, 2024Redwire opens new facility in Virginia to support national security programs

The Space Development Agency procures satellites under fixed-price contracts.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralFeb 24, 2024space-industry-seeks-clarity-on-defense-market-plans

The Space Development Agency's budget request for 2024 is over $4,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative FinancialFeb 24, 2024space-industry-seeks-clarity-on-defense-market-plans

The Space Development Agency's budget in 2020 was roughly $20,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative FinancialFeb 24, 2024space-industry-seeks-clarity-on-defense-market-plans

The Space Development Agency is buying hundreds of commercial satellites to build a proliferated low Earth orbit constellation for military communications and missile tracking.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralFeb 24, 2024space-industry-seeks-clarity-on-defense-market-plans

Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 is a tactical network to move data around the world.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 23, 2024Government contracts spur growth for Relative Dynamics

Relative Dynamics’ Ground Optical Communications Array Terminal (GOCArT) is designed to send and receive transmissions from optical terminals on Space Development Agency Tranche 2 satellites as well as commercial satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative CapabilityFeb 23, 2024Government contracts spur growth for Relative Dynamics

Relative Dynamics began developing an optical ground terminal under a $1,700,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 23, 2024Government contracts spur growth for Relative Dynamics

EpiSci received a $1,600,000 two-year Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract from the Space Development Agency on 2024-02-06.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 18, 2024AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space

The Space Development Agency is an organization within the U.S. Space Force building a low Earth orbit satellite network to provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative PlanFeb 18, 2024AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space

The Space Development Agency selected California-based EpiSci to develop a software tool capable of detecting hypersonic missiles in flight from satellite data.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 18, 2024AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space

The Department of Defense will use a common set of data to adjust and modify capabilities for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 Tracking Layer constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 16, 2024US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris

Five missile tracking satellites designed and built by L3Harris Technologies successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida as part of the Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program and the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Tracking Layer program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 16, 2024US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris

The Space Development Agency is building a proliferated mesh network of satellites in low Earth orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2024Lockheed Martin ramping up small satellite production

Four infrared satellites from the same launch will support the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer by demonstrating global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced threats such as hypersonic missiles.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2024US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris

Earlier 2024 L3Harris Technologies received a $919,000,000 contract to develop an 18-vehicle constellation for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 16, 2024US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris

Four infrared satellites from the launch will support the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer to demonstrate global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced threats such as hypersonic missiles.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 15, 2024US Department of Defense launches L3Harris missile tracking satellites that exceed current ballistic missile detection capabilities

L3Harris received a $919,000,000 contract earlier in the year to develop an 18-vehicle constellation for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 15, 2024US Department of Defense launches L3Harris missile tracking satellites that exceed current ballistic missile detection capabilities

The Department of Defense will use a common set of data to adjust and modify capabilities for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 Tracking Layer constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipFeb 15, 2024US Department of Defense launches L3Harris missile tracking satellites that exceed current ballistic missile detection capabilities
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