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U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

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DARPA sought funding in the U.S. Air Force’s 2019 budget to secure a launch contract intended to get RSGS into orbit by spring 2021.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 30, 2019Maxar’s exit from DARPA satellite servicing program a cautionary tale

Under the RSGS OTA agreement, SSL agreed to invest resources in the program and DARPA committed to provide Naval Research Laboratory robotic arms for integration with the satellite.

Mentioned as: DARPAOrg RelationshipJan 30, 2019Maxar’s exit from DARPA satellite servicing program a cautionary tale

Under an Other Transaction Agreement, DARPA tasked Space Systems Loral with providing the spacecraft bus for RSGS, integrating the servicer with a launch vehicle, and providing operations staff for the lifetime of the mission.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductJan 30, 2019SSL cancels DARPA satellite servicer agreement

DARPA selected SSL over competitor Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) for the RSGS partnership in February 2017.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 30, 2019Maxar’s exit from DARPA satellite servicing program a cautionary tale

DARPA launched the RSGS program in 2016.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 30, 2019Maxar’s exit from DARPA satellite servicing program a cautionary tale

DARPA awarded SSL a $15,000,000 contract for RSGS.

Mentioned as: darpaOrg RelationshipJan 30, 2019Maxar’s exit from DARPA satellite servicing program a cautionary tale

DARPA planned to provide a free launch for RSGS, originally set for 2021, and to provide the robotic payload.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 30, 2019SSL cancels DARPA satellite servicer agreement

Maxar Technologies’ Space Systems Loral terminated an agreement to build DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites spacecraft on 2019-01-30.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 30, 2019SSL cancels DARPA satellite servicer agreement

DARPA awarded satellite bus contracts for Blackjack to Airbus, Blue Canyon Technologies, and Telesat.

Mentioned as: DARPAOrg RelationshipJan 26, 2019DARPA assembling team of Blackjack players

DARPA's goal for Blackjack is to launch a small experimental constellation of up to 20 satellites to test the concept.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 26, 2019DARPA assembling team of Blackjack players

DARPA extended the DARPA Launch Challenge requirement for prospective teams to have FAA launch license applications formally accepted from 2019-02-01, to 2019-02-15, because of the shutdown.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 23, 2019Shutdown’s toll mounts for NASA and companies

Rocket Lab will launch an experimental DARPA satellite on its Electron rocket from New Zealand in February 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 22, 2019Rocket Lab to launch DARPA satellite

DARPA plans to launch a small experimental Blackjack constellation of commercial satellites in low Earth orbit equipped with military payloads sometime in the next two to three years.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 21, 2019Next steps for the Pentagon’s new space sensors for missile defense

The DARPA Tactical Technology Office study team has 60 days to complete the task of mapping a concept for the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: DARPA Tactical Technology OfficeTechnical ProductJan 3, 2019Shanahan keeps tight grip on Space Force planning

Maxar Technologies is developing the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites vehicle with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for launch in 2021.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipDec 21, 2018European Space Agency overhauls satellite servicer program

Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin directed Fred Kennedy, director of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, to lead a study team to develop recommendations for implementing the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: DARPA Tactical Technology OfficeOrg RelationshipDec 19, 2018Space Force developments this week: U.S. Space Command moving forward

Space-Based High Frequency Testbed 2 was developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate using high-frequency radio signals to study the ionosphere.

Mentioned as: Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyTechnical ProductDec 16, 2018Rocket Lab launches cubesats for NASA

A DARPA spokesman stated that the Space Development Agency study is led by Mike Griffin and that the makeup of the team working with Fred Kennedy on the study was not yet known as of 2018-12-17.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralDec 13, 2018DARPA’s next project: Design a Space Development Agency

DARPA chose to include a satellite operator in Blackjack to leverage commercial investment in the Telesat LEO constellation.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductNov 29, 2018Telesat wins study contract for DARPA’s experimental constellation

Airbus Defence and Space received a $2,900,000 study contract from DARPA for Blackjack.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipNov 29, 2018Telesat wins study contract for DARPA’s experimental constellation
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