Following two scrubs the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on schedule with 13 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency (SDA) at 7:25 a.m. PDT (10:25 a.m. […]
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L-1 as ULA readies for NRO and US Space Force’s SILENTBARKER/NROL-107
Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the SILENTBARKER / NROL-107 joint mission for the Office and the United States Space Force. The mission is planned […]
SDA selects Mynaric for an optical ground station project
Mynaric (NASDAQ: MYNA) has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to contribute to an optical ground terminal demo. This R&D program’s mission, slated for 2025, is to demo […]
Space Systems Command (SSC) completes final delivery of 2nd USSF hosted payload to Japan
Space Systems Command (SSC) successfully delivered the second and final spaceflight ready payload to Japan, bolstering the U.S. Space Force’s contribution to integrated deterrence in the region and following through […]
Mynaric receives order from Loft Federal for CONDOR Mk3 optical comms terminals to support SDA’s NExT
Mynaric (NASDAQ: MYNA) (FRA: M0YN) recently entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of CONDOR Mk3 terminals to Loft Federal, a subsidiary of Loft Orbital. Loft Federal was selected […]
Northrop Grumman rapidly completes their CDR for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a critical design review (CDR) for the firm’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), part of Space Development Agency’s (SDA) LEO network designed to […]
Magellan Aerospace awarded SDA smallsat contract by Canadian government
Magellan Aerospace Corporation (“Magellan”) has received a contract from the Government of Canada to design, build, launch, and operate the Redwing smallsat. Directed by the Department of National Defence’s science […]
Redwire partners with Starfish Space for Otter Pup satellite docking mission + SDA demo mission
Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) has partnered with Starfish Space to provide Redwire’s ARGUS space domain awareness camera for Starfish Space’s first-ever, satellite docking mission, Otter Pup. Additionally, Redwire has secured a […]
Space Development Agency’s layered network of military satellites is now the “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture”
As of last month, the Space Development Agency’s resilient layered network of military satellites and supporting elements is now the “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture” or PWSA This architecture, formerly known […]
Space Development Agency (SDA) issues DRAFT Solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer — Beta
Original Response Date: March 1, 2023 SDA has issued a DRAFT solicitation for the first of several types of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) space vehicles—T2TL Beta. This DRAFT solicitation […]