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The Space Development Agency is building a large constellation of small communications satellites in low Earth orbit known as the Transport Layer.
Innoflight is collaborating with three out of the four SDA Transport and Tracking Layers Tranche 0 prime contractors.
L3Harris Technologies awarded Innoflight multiple contracts for the delivery of key avionics for four satellites produced by L3Harris under the SDA Tracking Layer Tranche 0.
Innoflight has been awarded multiple contracts by L3Harris Technologies for the delivery of key avionics for four satellites produced by L3Harris under the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 0.
The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 and these missions are its first in-space experiments.
This launch is the first successful launch of Space Development Agency payloads since the agency was established in 2019.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems partnered with the Space Development Agency to launch the Laser Interconnect and Networking Communications System (LINCS) satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-2 mission.
The Space Development Agency plans to use optical communications between satellites, to aircraft in flight, and to the ground in its constellations.
On 2021-06-30, the Space Development Agency deployed its first missions to orbit on a SpaceX rideshare that carried 88 small satellites.
The Space Development Agency's missions on SpaceX Transporter-2 are estimated to cost $21,000,000 and include two pairs of satellites to demonstrate optical communications terminals in low Earth orbit and one satellite to demonstrate on-orbit data processing.
The Space Development Agency plans to deploy a low Earth orbit satellite network for military communications and missile defense.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will establish the proper orbit, communications, and control of the two LINCS spacecraft and will commence a series of experiments with the Space Development Agency to test optical communication in a variety of operational scenarios.
In partnership with the Space Development Agency, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is among the first Department of Defense contractors to develop and deploy a 1550 nm Optical Communication Terminal to test increased speed, reliability, distance, and variability of space communications.
The first batch of Space Development Agency satellites is scheduled to launch in late 2022.
Transporter-2 is supporting customers including NASA, the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency, and several companies developing remote sensing and communications constellations.
Space Development Agency satellites on Transporter 2 were designed and built with government and industry partners to gather data on optical communication terminal (OCT) performance and processing in Low Earth Orbit.
The Space Development Agency has a launch scheduled for 2021-06-25 for its first satellite mission.
SpaceX named Microsoft as a subcontractor on a $149,000,000 contract to build missile-detection satellites for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency.
The Space Development Agency seeks to work with commercial imaging satellite operators to enable direct data transfers to U.S. government satellites in orbit.
The Space Development Agency is interested in working with operators of electro-optical, radar imaging, and other observation satellites to add optical crosslinks that can interface with the Transport Layer.