{"id":30750,"date":"2022-12-12T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/12\/space-development-agency-again-delays-inaugural-satellite-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:48:22","slug":"space-development-agency-again-delays-inaugural-satellite-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2022\/12\/12\/space-development-agency-again-delays-inaugural-satellite-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Development Agency again delays inaugural satellite launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Space Development Agency\u2019s first major satellite launch, planned for this month after being rescheduled from October, has been delayed again after technical issues arose during testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An SDA spokesman told C4ISRNET on Dec. 10 that \u201cafter careful analysis and input from our performers,\u201d the agency chose to further delay the launch until March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space News first reported the schedule change, citing a technical issue that arose during testing. York Space Systems, one of the companies building data relay satellites for SDA, discovered a power supply problem that will require a hardware change and additional testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission was initially expected to launch in early October and would have included a mix of missile tracking and data relay satellites, which are part of the first batch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/12\/05\/how-the-space-development-agency-could-have-died-any-number-of-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\">SDA capability<\/a>, dubbed \u201cTranche 0.\u201d Supply chain concerns and residual delays <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/11\/06\/competitors-protest-awards-to-spacex-and-l3harris-for-hyperonic-weapon-tracking-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\">from an early contract protest <\/a>pushed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/09\/14\/space-development-agency-launch-delayed-by-supply-chain-bid-protests\/#:~:text=Space%20Development%20Agency%20launch%20delayed%20by%20supply%20chain%2C%20bid%20protests,-By%20Courtney%20Albon&#038;text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Space%20Development%20Agency's,and%20protests%20over%20contract%20awards.\" target=\"_blank\">expected launch date to December<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delay to the inaugural mission will also impact the schedule for SDA\u2019s second Tranche 0 launch, which had been slated for March but will now fly in June. The agency doesn\u2019t expect the setback to affect plans to incorporate SDA satellites into military exercises next summer, including U.S. Indo-Pacific Command\u2019s joint readiness event called Northern Edge, the spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/07\/24\/what-will-the-space-development-agency-really-do\/\">SDA was created in 2019<\/a> to help the U.S. Department of Defense craft a more resilient space architecture by augmenting its traditional constellations of large, expensive satellites with hundreds of more affordable vehicles operating in low Earth orbit, within 1,000 miles of the planet\u2019s surface. The agency has launched a few demonstration vehicles, but the Tranche 0 mission will carry the first satellites that will constitute its proliferated constellation, which it calls the National Defense Space Architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDA awarded the Tranche 0 contracts in 2020, choosing Lockheed Martin and York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/08\/31\/space-development-agency-orders-its-first-satellites\/\">to build the data relay<\/a>, or transport, satellites and L3 Harris and SpaceX to develop the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/10\/05\/space-development-agency-orders-8-hypersonic-weapon-tracking-satellites\/\">missile tracking space vehicles<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key tenet of SDA\u2019s acquisition approach is spiral development, a process that emphasizes rapid capability deliver and regular technology upgrades. The spokesman said that despite early schedule setbacks, the agency is \u201cconfident our spiral development model works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSDA is not backing off on speed, as we still believe schedule is king,\u201d they said. \u201cSDA will continue to push forward and accelerate delivery to field the proliferated low Earth orbit architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The delay to the first mission will also impact the schedule for SDA\u2019s second launch, which had been slated for March but will now fly in 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