The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two prototype agreements with a total value of approximately $424 million to build and operate 20 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) — Gamma […]
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Terran Orbital’s Tyvak awarded million$$$ with a prototype agreement from SDA
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (a Terran Orbital Corporation) (NYSE: LLAP) has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to produce 10 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) […]
Lockheed Martin to acquire Terran Orbital
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Terran Orbital [NYSE: LLAP], a provider of satellite-based solutions that primarily supporting the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital […]
Northrop Grumman completes PDR for SDA’s latest Proliferated Data Transport satellites
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for 74 high-speed data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency (SDA), including satellites that integrate advanced technology […]
Kepler Communications has validated the firm’s OISLs between two data relay satellites in LEO
Kepler Communications recently successfully validated optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) between two data relay satellites in LEO. During a commissioning and early operations phase, Kepler established optical inter-satellite links between two […]
Missile Defense Agency satellites track first hypersonic launch
The Defense Department’s advanced missile tracking satellites logged their first views of a hypersonic flight test this week, according to the Missile Defense Agency. MDA didn’t disclose the date of […]
SSC awards 3 contracts for National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA). The base Indefinite […]
Terran Orbital awarded subcontract from Lockheed Martin for SDA’s T2TL
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has been selected by Lockheed Martin to produce 18 satellite buses for that firm’s recent Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer contract. […]
Rocket Lab selects CesiumAstro’s multi-beam Ka-Band communications payloads for Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Transport Layer Constellation
CesiumAstro, a provider of active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, announces the company was selected by Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) to provide its Vireo active electronically […]
Redwire selected by Rocket Lab to provide antennas for the SDA’s TLT2 satellite constellation
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has been contracted by Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKLB) to provide antennas and RF hardware for the recently announced Space Development Agency (SDA) Transport Layer […]