{"id":25495,"date":"2020-04-23T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/23\/boeing-completes-new-microsatellite-prototype-for-the-space-force\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:11:49","slug":"boeing-completes-new-microsatellite-prototype-for-the-space-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/04\/23\/boeing-completes-new-microsatellite-prototype-for-the-space-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing completes new microsatellite prototype for the Space Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Millennium Space Systems has completed the design, production and integration of a new microsatellite prototype for the U.S. Space Force, the company announced April 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TETRA will be used for various prototype missions around geosynchronous orbit, according to a news release put out by Millennium, a Boeing subsidiary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The satellite was the first prototype award issued under the Space Enterprise Consortium, an other transaction authority<\/a> contract vehicle used by the Space and Missile Systems Center for rapid prototyping projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of our primary goals is to be more agile in the development and deployment of innovative space assets,\u201d said Col. Tim Sejba, director of innovation and prototyping for the SMC Development Corps. \u201cBy leveraging OTA contracts with programs like TETRA-1, we are expediting the execution of new space development missions. The partnership we\u2019ve developed with Millennium Space Systems allows us to create and field a dynamic pathfinder capability to meet the future space warfighter\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t