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U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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The Space Development Agency plans to start launching payloads this fall and projects that by 2024 as many as 176 spacecraft will be ready to go to orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 18, 2022As DoD shifts to smaller satellites, rideshare questions emerge

The Space Development Agency expects to be ramping up launches around 2024 while the U.S. Space Force will be in the process of selecting launch providers for the next NSSL contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative PlanAug 18, 2022As DoD shifts to smaller satellites, rideshare questions emerge

The Space Development Agency selected L3Harris Technologies as a prime contractor for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer of the National Defense Space Architecture.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductAug 12, 2022Maxar to build 14 spacecraft platforms for L3Harris

L3Harris Technologies selected Maxar Technologies to design and produce 14 spacecraft platforms and associated support for L3Harris’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 12, 2022Maxar to build 14 spacecraft platforms for L3Harris

L3Harris Technologies was selected by the Space Development Agency as a prime contractor for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer as part of the initial Missile Warning/Missile Tracking warfighting capability of the National Defense Space Architecture.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2022L3Harris brings Maxar into their Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the SDA for the design + production of 14 spacecraft

Maxar Technologies of Westminster, Colorado was selected by L3Harris Technologies to design and produce 14 spacecraft platforms and associated support for L3Harris’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the Space Development Agency on 2022-08-09.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 11, 2022L3Harris brings Maxar into their Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the SDA for the design + production of 14 spacecraft

Maxar filed a bid protest in October 2021 over the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 solicitation.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductAug 10, 2022Maxar’s satellite business looks to gain foothold in defense market

Maxar was selected by L3Harris on 2022-08-09 to supply 14 satellite buses for a Space Development Agency contract to produce 14 satellites scheduled to launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 10, 2022Maxar’s satellite business looks to gain foothold in defense market

L3Harris won a $700,000,000 contract from the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency to produce 14 satellites to launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: space development agencyTechnical ProductAug 10, 2022Maxar’s satellite business looks to gain foothold in defense market

The Government Accountability Office dismissed Maxar’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 protest after the Space Development Agency canceled the solicitation and reopened it under Other Transaction Authority.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductAug 10, 2022Maxar’s satellite business looks to gain foothold in defense market

Terran Orbital's near-term focus is to complete 10 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital prioritizes work on SDA smallsats over PredaSAR

Terran Orbital prioritized completing the SDA Tranche 0 buses ahead of finishing its own PredaSAR synthetic aperture radar constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital prioritizes work on SDA smallsats over PredaSAR

Terran Orbital commenced work on the next 42 satellites for SDA Tranche 1 and expects to begin delivering those satellites in 2023.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital Reports Record Breaking Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Terran Orbital’s backlog growth was driven primarily by major contract awards during 2022, including an award to build 42 satellites for the SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital Reports Record Breaking Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Maxar Technologies was selected by L3Harris to manufacture 14 missile-detection satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralAug 9, 2022Maxar to supply 14 satellites for U.S. military missile-tracking constellation

The U.S. Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman contracts to each build 14 missile-tracking satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 1 constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2022Maxar to supply 14 satellites for U.S. military missile-tracking constellation

Terran Orbital delivered five satellites during the second quarter of 2022, including NASA’s CAPSTONE and the first of ten satellite buses for the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital Reports Record Breaking Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Terran Orbital expects to deliver all ten satellite buses in 2022 to Lockheed Martin in support of the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital Reports Record Breaking Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Terran Orbital delivered the first of ten satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: the space development agencyTechnical ProductAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital Reports Record Breaking Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

The Space Development Agency set a 2022-09-02 deadline for vendors to submit proposals in response to the 2022-08-04 special notice.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralAug 5, 2022Space Development Agency to take another stab at space-to-aircraft laser communications
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