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The Space Development Agency aims to run an 11-launch campaign over 11 months starting in September 2024.
Lockheed Martin integrates satellite buses sourced from Terran Orbital as part of its work for the Space Development Agency.
Northrop Grumman is procuring satellite buses from Airbus’ OneWeb production line for its Space Development Agency work.
The Space Development Agency is developing the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a large constellation of lower-cost, mass-produced satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency selected SpaceX in 2020 to supply satellites.
The Space Development Agency launched its first 23 satellites in 2023 on SpaceX rockets as Tranche 0 demonstration spacecraft.
York Space Systems won a $615,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency awarded in October.
The delivered OCTs are in place for integration on 42 smallsats that Lockheed Martin is building for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
TESAT previously delivered a total of 58 OCTs for the SDA Tranche 0 Transport and Tracking Layer to five different satellite manufacturers.
The SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer provides low-latency and high-volume data connectivity for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
TESAT delivered the first SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer Optical Communication Terminals to Lockheed Martin.
Of the 58 OCTs delivered for SDA Tranche 0, 48 units are on-orbit today.
TESAT performed interoperability tests with a third party using an Engineering Model from TESAT’s high-volume OCT manufacturing line in preparation for the SDA Tranche 1 Flight Model delivery.
Forty-six OCT units are on the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellite network that launched earlier 2023 and provides a resilient network of integrated capabilities.
York Space Systems developed, delivered, and launched nine satellites for Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
York Space Systems is developing an additional 42 satellites for Tranche 1 of the Space Development Agency’s PWSA expected to launch in late 2024.
The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to develop the Tranche 0 satellites.
SDA is seeking authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to transmit Link 16 signals in U.S. national airspace over a test site at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
For the initial Link 16 demonstration, the Space Development Agency used three Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites provided by York Space Systems of Denver from both 2023 T0 launches.
The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to develop the Tranche 0 satellites.