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U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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Companies are building and sharing their own optical terminal testbeds to validate interoperability with Space Development Agency testbeds.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductOct 18, 2022SDA slide reveals Tranche 0 optical terminal manufacturers

Mynaric revealed plans on 2022-10-18 to provide optical terminals for the satellites that Northrop Grumman is building for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 18, 2022SDA slide reveals Tranche 0 optical terminal manufacturers

Mynaric, SA Photonics, Skyloom, and Tesat are providing optical communications terminals for Space Development Agency Tranche 0 Transport and Tracking layer satellites scheduled for launch late 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 18, 2022SDA slide reveals Tranche 0 optical terminal manufacturers

Mynaric will provide Northrop Grumman with optical communications terminals for 14 satellites as part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 18, 2022Mynaric’s optical communications terminals will provide Northrop Grumman with part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 tracking layer program

Northrop Grumman and L3Harris Technologies are each building 14 prototype missile warning and missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 18, 2022SDA slide reveals Tranche 0 optical terminal manufacturers

The Space Development Agency selected Northrop Grumman as one of two prime contractors for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer in July.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductOct 18, 2022Mynaric’s optical communications terminals will provide Northrop Grumman with part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 tracking layer program

Amazon Kuiper will equip its network with optical terminals for its own mesh network and will place some SDA-compatible optical terminals on some Kuiper satellites so those satellites can act as translators between Kuiper and the Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: SDATechnical ProductOct 14, 2022Amazon to link Kuiper satellites to DoD’s mesh network in space

The Space Development Agency is building a mesh network called Transport Layer composed of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit to relay time-sensitive data to military forces around the world.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductOct 14, 2022Amazon to link Kuiper satellites to DoD’s mesh network in space

The Space Development Agency requires vendors to use optical terminals that comply with SDA’s specifications to make its satellites interoperable.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductOct 14, 2022Amazon to link Kuiper satellites to DoD’s mesh network in space

The Space Development Agency plans to establish agreements with commercial remote-sensing companies so those companies can send imagery from their satellites directly to the Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductOct 14, 2022Amazon to link Kuiper satellites to DoD’s mesh network in space

The Space Development Agency adopted a business model of procuring smaller, lower-cost satellites as part of its proliferated low Earth orbit vision.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductOct 14, 2022Amazon to link Kuiper satellites to DoD’s mesh network in space

The backbone of the hybrid network will be the Department of Defense Transport Layer, a constellation to be deployed by the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: the space development agencyTechnical ProductOct 13, 2022Starlink’s market dominance affecting DoD’s hybrid network plans

York Space Systems serves government and commercial customers including the Space Development Agency for Tranche 0 and Tranche 1 of the SDA Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: sdaOrg RelationshipOct 10, 2022AE Industrial Partners acquires majority stake in York Space Systems

The Space Development Agency plans to launch the T1DES space vehicles with the Tranche 1 Tracking space vehicles on four launches procured through the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 7, 2022SDA awards York Space Systems million$$$ for Tranche 1 demo + experimentation system

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are procuring satellite buses from partner companies and integrating them for their SDA contracts.

Mentioned as: SDAOrg RelationshipOct 6, 2022York Space wins $200 million Space Development Agency contract for 12 satellites

The Space Development Agency ordered 126 satellites in February for its Tranche 1 Transport Layer mesh network projected to start launching in 2024.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 6, 2022York Space wins $200 million Space Development Agency contract for 12 satellites

The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a contract worth up to $200,000,000 to build and operate 12 satellites with experimental military communications payloads.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 6, 2022York Space wins $200 million Space Development Agency contract for 12 satellites

The Space Development Agency awarded a firm-fixed-price Other Transaction prototype agreement to Ball Aerospace of Broomfield, Colorado with a total potential value of approximately $176,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 4, 2022SDA awards prototype agreement to Ball Aerospace to establish NExT

York Space Systems was selected to provide spacecraft for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 0 and Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 4, 2022AEI claims majority stake in York Space Systems

The Space Development Agency awarded Ball Aerospace a $176,000,000 contract on 2022-10-04 to build, operate, and secure launch services for 10 experimental satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 4, 2022Ball Aerospace wins $176 million contract to build and operate 10 satellites for Space Development Agency
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