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On 2022-11-10, the Space Development Agency planned to launch the first satellites of a planned mesh network of sensors and communications nodes in low Earth orbit the following month.
The Space Development Agency is tracking the schedule of L3Harris’ satellites daily to ensure parts are delivered and the satellites are built on time.
The Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer is projected to launch in 2024.
Rocket Lab will provide separation systems for 84 satellites built by Lockheed Martin and another undisclosed manufacturer for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Terran Orbital reiterated its expectation to deliver all ten satellite buses in 2022 to Lockheed Martin in support of the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 0.
On 2022-11-09, Rocket Lab USA won two contracts worth $14,000,000 to provide separation systems for U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency satellites.
The Space Development Agency selected Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space to each produce 42 satellites for the Transport Layer.
Terran Orbital commenced work on 42 satellites for the SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer and expects to begin delivering those satellites in 2023.
Terran Orbital is on track to deliver the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0 satellites by the end of 2022-10-01.
For the Space Development Agency SBIR Phase 1 contract, Cognitive Space is partnering with the Southwest Research Institute.
Cognitive Space won an SBIR Phase 1 contract from the Space Development Agency to develop intelligent space mesh network routing algorithms and study hardware solutions for low Earth orbit communications.
Northrop Grumman selected Leidos to supply infrared sensor payloads for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite constellation in low Earth orbit.
Northrop Grumman won a $617,000,000 contract in July to produce 14 infrared-sensing satellites for Tracking Layer Tranche 1, a network of 28 missile-detecting satellites to be deployed by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency.
Leidos worked as a subcontractor to SpaceX under a $149,000,000 contract that SpaceX won in 2020 to build four satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 0.
Lockheed Martin selected Terran Orbital to produce 42 satellites for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency under a $700,000,000 contract.
The Space Development Agency plans satellite lifetimes of five years and expects to replace roughly 20% of its satellites each year.
The MEO satellite network will receive upgrades every two years using an approach similar to Space Development Agency tranches.
The MEO constellation will follow the Space Development Agency playbook of buying satellites in increments, or tranches, every two years.
The Space Development Agency is building a mesh network of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit that includes a Transport Layer to relay time-sensitive data and a Tracking Layer to detect hypersonic missiles.
Companies are building and sharing their own optical terminal testbeds to validate interoperability with Space Development Agency testbeds.