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U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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Terran Orbital designed and built a micro satellite bus for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0 mission and the planned Tranche 1 mission.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 6, 2023Terran Orbital Unveils New Product Line of Seven Satellite Buses

The Space Development Agency ordered 14 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites from Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 6, 2023Space Development Agency solicits bids for 54 missile-tracking satellites

The Space Development Agency released a solicitation on 2023-09-05 for 54 satellites equipped with infrared sensors capable of tracking hypersonic missiles in all phases of flight.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 6, 2023Space Development Agency solicits bids for 54 missile-tracking satellites

QinetiQ US has been awarded a five-year, $224,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract from the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: the space development agencyOrg RelationshipSep 5, 2023QinetiQ US awarded million$$$ SDA systems engineering + Tech support contract

The contract will provide systems engineering and technical assistance to the Space Development Agency to deliver space-based capabilities to the joint warfighter.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductSep 5, 2023QinetiQ US awarded million$$$ SDA systems engineering + Tech support contract

Lockheed Martin is partnering with industry suppliers and small businesses and using streamlined smallsat processing methods to support the Space Development Agency's proliferation and spiral development approach and accelerate technology innovation and delivery.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyOrg RelationshipSep 4, 2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

Lockheed Martin was awarded an agreement to build 36 of the Space Development Agency's 72 Beta variant satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

SDA’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer is a proliferated low Earth orbit constellation intended to demonstrate low-latency communication and provide a resilient network of integrated capabilities.

Mentioned as: SDATechnical ProductSep 4, 2023Launch Addendum: Lockheed Martin reports on their Transport Layer Satellites launch as part of the SDA’s Tranche 0 mission

Lockheed Martin is currently building 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

A batch of 13 Space Development Agency satellites launched on 2023-09-02 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023DoD satellites in low Earth orbit promise more connectivity for military users

Two key goals for the Space Development Agency are to test radio and optical communication payloads on satellites that will make up the Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductSep 4, 2023DoD satellites in low Earth orbit promise more connectivity for military users

Ten Lockheed Martin-built satellites have been deployed into low-Earth orbit in support of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 0 Transport Layer mission.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

York Space Systems delivered all of its Tranche 0 (T0) satellites to the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyOrg RelationshipSep 4, 2023York Space Systems Achieves Successful Contact with Final Spacecraft of Tranche 0 Program

Ten Lockheed Martin-built satellites were successfully deployed into low Earth orbit in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer mission.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023Launch Addendum: Lockheed Martin reports on their Transport Layer Satellites launch as part of the SDA’s Tranche 0 mission

The Space Development Agency received initial images from the first two infrared sensor missile-tracking satellites built by SpaceX that launched in April.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023DoD satellites in low Earth orbit promise more connectivity for military users

The Space Development Agency's Tranche 0 Transport Layer is a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation that will demonstrate low-latency communication and provide a resilient network of integrated capabilities.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductSep 4, 2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

SpaceX launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Tranche 0 Flight 2 mission for the Space Development Agency after two scrubs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023Space X’s two scrubs then a launch finally send U.S. military’s Space Development Agency’s 13 satellites soaring

Lockheed Martin was awarded an agreement to build 36 of the Space Development Agency’s 72 Beta variant satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023Launch Addendum: Lockheed Martin reports on their Transport Layer Satellites launch as part of the SDA’s Tranche 0 mission

The T0 satellites for the Space Development Agency were launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-09-02.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023York Space Systems Achieves Successful Contact with Final Spacecraft of Tranche 0 Program

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is currently building 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 4, 2023Launch Addendum: Lockheed Martin reports on their Transport Layer Satellites launch as part of the SDA’s Tranche 0 mission
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