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The Space Development Agency has a $900,000,000 budget.
SDA plans to launch the eight sensor satellites built by L3Harris and SpaceX in 2023 for a demonstration of its tracking layer.
The Space Development Agency procured launch services to deploy a batch of 28 satellites in late 2022 via a competitive bidding process that resulted in SpaceX winning the contract.
The National Reconnaissance Office is working with the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency to leverage the communications constellation the agency is developing.
The Space Development Agency will no longer procure launches commercially and will buy launch services through the National Security Space Launch program.
The Space Development Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Space Force, and the National Reconnaissance Office are seeking to deploy proliferated constellations in low Earth orbit.
The deal between SpaceLink and Blue Marble Communications is valued at more than $10,000,000 and includes technological evolution and purchase of terminals for intersatellite links compatible with Space Development Agency standards.
Northrop Grumman developed an infrared camera called the Prototype Infrared Payload (PIRPL) that is flying on the NG-16 Cygnus for the Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency.
The Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency will use PIRPL to test technologies for future missile tracking satellites.
SDA’s Tracking Layer satellites are planned to operate in low Earth orbits at about 966 km altitude.
The Space Development Agency will use PIRPL’s infrared data to develop thermal sensors intended to detect hypersonic missiles and other advanced weapons in flight.
PIRPL was procured under a $13,800,000 contract from the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency.
The Space Development Agency is a Defense Department agency building a large constellation of small communications satellites in low Earth orbit called the Transport Layer.
The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceX a $150,400,000 contract to launch its first 28 satellites in 2022 and 2023.
The Space Development Agency will seek bids later 2021 for up to 150 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 1 projected to start launching in late 2024.
The Space Development Agency is building a large constellation of small communications satellites in low Earth orbit known as the Transport Layer.
The Space Development Agency intends to remove contractor-procured launch services language from the final request for proposals for Transport Layer Tranche 1.
The Space Development Agency will seek bids later 2021 for up to 150 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 1.
Space Development Agency launch services will be procured under the National Security Space Launch program run by the U.S. Space Force.
For the Transport Layer Tranche 1, the Space Development Agency initially planned to allow satellite prime contractors to procure launch services under commercial contracts.