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The Space Development Agency Tranche 1 mission is the first of six missions for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
The SDA Tranche 1 mission assigned to SpaceX will be the first of six planned Tranche 1 missions to be launched by the Space Development Agency.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) received three NSS launch service orders for USSF-124, USSF-62, and one Space Development Agency Tranche 1 mission using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
The seven-year O&I contract has a $162,900,000 baseline and $161,500,000 in options to establish the ground operations and integration segment for SDA’s Tranche 1 constellation.
The Space Development Agency procures its satellites under fixed-price contracts while using a cost-plus approach for the O&I agreement with General Dynamics Mission Systems.
General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $324.5 million, seven-year contract to operate the ground systems and manage network operations of the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation.
SDA’s Tranche 1 mesh network is projected to include as many as 166 communications, data-relay, and sensor satellites to support military users globally.
CACI International Inc. partnered with DARPA and the Space Development Agency on the Mandrake II program to demonstrate space-to-space optical communications links in LEO.
The Space Development Agency plans to begin launching Transport Layer Tranche 1, a deployment of 126 satellites, in 2024.
The Mandrake 2 experiment validated the Space Development Agency's strategy to use commoditized laser communication platforms and technologies for satellite-to-satellite communication.
Space-to-space optical communications is a critical technology for DARPA's Blackjack constellation and for the Space Development Agency's planned mesh network of small satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency had a schedule to launch 28 satellites between September 2022 and March 2023.
L3Harris Technologies is making four infrared sensor satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 0.
York Space Systems is producing 10 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.
Lockheed Martin, York Space Systems, and Northrop Grumman are each under contract to produce 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.
Companies including CACI, Mynaric, and Tesat are preparing to ramp up production to support the Space Development Agency's planned procurements of optical terminals.
SpaceX is making four infrared sensor satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 0.
Lockheed Martin is producing 10 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.
The Space Development Agency reached out to other government agencies to borrow components for its Tranche 0 timeline.
The Space Development Agency plans to launch its first 14 satellites in September 2022.