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York Space Systems

US
commercialFounded 2014
Denver, Colorado, United States
www.YorkSpaceSystems.com
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York Space Systems is developing 12 experimental satellites as part of the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) program expected to launch in 2025.

NARRATIVE PLAN9/4/2023York Space Systems Achieves Successful Contact with Final Spacecraft of Tranche 0 Program

York Space Systems acquired Emergent Space Technologies on 2023-06-07.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/7/2023York Space Systems acquires Emergent Space Technologies

York Space Systems completed the acquisition of Emergent Space Technologies, Inc. on 2023-06-07.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/7/2023York Space Systems Acquires Emergent Space Technologies

York Space Systems is developing an additional 42 satellites in support of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture expected to launch in late 2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/7/2023York Space Systems Confirms Successful Communications with All Tranche 0 Satellites Just Hours After Launch

York Space Systems is developing an additional 12 experimental satellites as part of the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System program expected to launch in 2025.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/7/2023York Space Systems Confirms Successful Communications with All Tranche 0 Satellites Just Hours After Launch

York Space Systems won a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to build 10 satellites for SDA’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/29/2023Military space agency created to go fast is about to launch its first satellites

The first launch of the Space Development Agency’s constellation planned for mid-December will slip to March 2023 due to an anomaly in York Space Systems’ satellites that was identified during tests.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/9/2022Space Development Agency’s first launch slips to March due to satellite glitch

York Space Systems, based in Denver, Colorado, won a $94,000,000 contract in August 2020 to build 10 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/9/2022Space Development Agency’s first launch slips to March due to satellite glitch

York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are each building 42 satellites projected to launch in September 2024 for Transport Layer Tranche 1.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/9/2022Space Development Agency’s first launch slips to March due to satellite glitch

York Space Systems’ newest facility in the Denver Tech Center provides the firm with the capacity to produce more than 750 satellites per year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/10/2022AE Industrial Partners acquires majority stake in York Space Systems

The T1DES agreement with York Space Systems has a total potential value of approximately $200,000,000.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/7/2022SDA awards York Space Systems million$$$ for Tranche 1 demo + experimentation system

York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin each won contracts in August 2020 to supply 10 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 0.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/6/2022York Space wins $200 million Space Development Agency contract for 12 satellites

York Space Systems is selling a majority stake in the company to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners at an enterprise valuation of $1,125,000,000.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL10/5/2022Spacecraft builder York sells stake to private equity firm AEI at over $1 billion valuation

York Space Systems opened a facility in the Denver Tech Center large enough to produce 70 satellites at a time.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/4/2022AEI claims majority stake in York Space Systems

York Space Systems opened a facility in the Denver Tech Center large enough to produce 70 satellites at a time.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/4/2022AEI claims majority stake in York Space Systems

York Space Systems was selected to provide spacecraft for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 0 and Tranche 1.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/4/2022AEI claims majority stake in York Space Systems

The Ka‑Band steerable antennas for York Space Systems will be built, assembled, and tested at MDA’s high‑volume satellite production facility in Montreal, Canada.

NARRATIVE GROWTH7/13/2022York Space Systems contracts MDA to design + build Ka-Band steerable satellite antennas

York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman won contracts in February from the Space Development Agency to each produce 42 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 1.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/7/2022Redwire, MDA, to produce tactical communications antennas for military satellites

York Space Systems' second manufacturing facility in the Denver Tech Center will reach initial operating capacity in May 2022.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/5/2022York Space Systems Wins Second Consecutive Contract from Space Development Agency, Tripling Production Capacity to Support Continued Demand

York Space Systems will produce the Tranche 1 satellites in its new manufacturing facility in the Denver Tech Center.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/5/2022York Space Systems Wins Second Consecutive Contract from Space Development Agency, Tripling Production Capacity to Support Continued Demand
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