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U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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The Space Development Agency is buying eight missile-warning satellites at about $43,000,000 per unit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 6, 2020DoD space agency driving Pentagon contractors to rethink their price points

The Space Development Agency awarded $149,000,000 to SpaceX to build four satellites to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 5, 2020L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites

The Space Development Agency awarded $193,500,000 to L3Harris to build four satellites to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 5, 2020L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites

The contracts announced 2020-10-05 are for the first eight satellites of the constellation the Space Development Agency is calling Tracking Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 5, 2020L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites

The Space Force intends for the Space Systems Command to work together with existing organizations including the Space and Missile Systems Center, the Space Development Agency, and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyOrg RelationshipOct 1, 2020Space Force taking extra time to organize acquisitions command

The Department of the Air Force, the Missile Defense Agency, the Space Development Agency, and others are planning to spend tens of billions of dollars pursuing various potential satellite constellations with a variety of sensor types, constellation sizes, and orbits ranging from proliferated low Earth to geosynchronous.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductSep 22, 2020Space Force, DoD agencies, NRO try to get on the same page on future acquisitions

The Space Development Agency plans to have the first 20 Transport Layer satellites in orbit within two years at a price of about $15,000,000 per satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 17, 2020Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement

Telesat is a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency program and will provide technical advice to Lockheed Martin on the use of optical crosslinks to connect satellites on orbit.

Mentioned as: the space development agencyOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2020Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement

The Transport Layer is planned to eventually grow to hundreds of satellites and the Space Development Agency will develop additional layers for functions such as missile defense and targeting.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductSep 17, 2020Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement

The Space Development Agency selected two contractors on 2020-08-31 to build the first batch of satellites for Transport Layer Tranche 0 four months after posting the final solicitation for bids.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 17, 2020Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement

Lockheed Martin is one of the two companies selected to build 10 satellites each for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 17, 2020Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement

The Space Development Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency charged with transforming the military’s approach to developing and acquiring space systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralSep 15, 2020Former Pentagon official Fred Kennedy is the new president of Momentus

The U.S. Space Development Agency has contracts with York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin for each company to build 10 low-Earth-orbit communications satellites equipped with optical intersatellite links.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 14, 2020German export ban blocks Mynaric’s first laser terminal from launching in China

The Space Development Agency plans to deploy hundreds more Transport Layer satellites beyond the initial 20.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

The Space Development Agency is buying 20 satellites to launch in 2022 for Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

York Space Systems was selected by the Space Development Agency to produce 10 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 0 mesh network in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

Lockheed Martin won a $187,500,000 contract from the Space Development Agency for Transport Layer Tranche 0 satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

The Space Development Agency selected Lockheed Martin for the Transport Layer contract because the agency assessed that Lockheed Martin provided higher overall value despite higher cost.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

The Lockheed Martin satellites for SDA will weigh about 150 to 200 kg each and will use Tyvak’s Mavericks platform.

Mentioned as: SDATechnical ProductSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

Lockheed Martin will build 10 satellites for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency using small buses from Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract
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