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Each Space Development Agency spacecraft in the mesh network is equipped with multiple laser communications terminals.
Terran Orbital delivered 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin last year in support of Lockheed Martin’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer contract with the Space Development Agency.
Terran Orbital is currently building 42 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin to support Lockheed Martin’s $700,000,000 contract for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Lockheed Martin will conduct payload integration and jointly operate the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta satellites with the Space Development Agency.
Lockheed Martin awarded Terran Orbital Corporation a contract to build 36 satellite buses for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta constellation.
The Space Development Agency is an organization under the U.S. Space Force building a mesh network of military satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer is currently scheduled for a late 2024 launch.
Terran Orbital is currently building 42 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin to help fulfill a $700,000,000 contract for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Lockheed Martin has won orders for 88 satellites from the Space Development Agency, including portions of the Transport Layer Tranche 0 and Tranche 1 constellations.
The 36 satellite buses from Terran Orbital are for satellites ordered by the Space Development Agency for its Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta portion of the constellation.
The Space Development Agency also ordered 36 Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta satellites from Northrop Grumman.
Terran Orbital delivered 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin last year in support of Lockheed Martin’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer contract with the Space Development Agency.
Lockheed Martin will conduct payload integration and jointly operate the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta satellites with the Space Development Agency.
Lockheed Martin awarded Terran Orbital Corporation a contract to build 36 satellite buses for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta constellation.
The PWSA provides ubiquitous data communications and accelerates decision-making to enable Space Development Agency on-orbit assets built by multiple vendors to adapt quickly to evolving near-peer threats and warfighter needs.
The Space Development Agency awarded York Space a $615,000,000 contract for 62 satellites for the Department of Defense’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 Alpha.
SAIC was awarded the Space Development Agency contract in June 2023 to support the BMC3 Application Factory and Secure Interoperability Layer for the PWSA.
Space Development Agency satellites are built with an expected on-orbit life of about five years and the agency plans to buy replacement batches every two years.
The Space Development Agency is in discussions with a third Beta vendor to produce an additional 24 satellites that would include some Gamma capabilities.
The Space Development Agency aims to procure Transport Layer satellites at a price point of about $15,000,000 per unit.