{"id":49613,"date":"2023-10-20T21:14:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T21:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/20\/space-development-agency-orders-62-satellites-from-york-space-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:42:59","slug":"space-development-agency-orders-62-satellites-from-york-space-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2023\/10\/20\/space-development-agency-orders-62-satellites-from-york-space-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Development Agency orders 62 satellites from York Space Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $615 million contract to build 62 communication satellites for the agency\u2019s space-based data transport constellation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The satellites will make up a portion of what SDA calls its Tranche 2 Transport Layer Alpha spacecraft, which will provide a<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\"> communication network in low Earth orbit<\/a>, about 1,200 miles above the planet\u2019s surface. That interconnected constellation will provide global connectivity for military users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract includes an \u201con-time delivery incentive,\u201d SDA spokeswoman Jenn Elzea told C4ISRNET Oct. 20. The agency plans to issue at least one more contract as part of this layer of transport satellites, which will include approximately 100 space vehicles,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sda.mil\/sda-issues-draft-solicitation-for-tranche-2-transport-layer-alpha-variant-space-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\"> according to a draft solicitation released in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, SDA has ordered 126 transport satellites from York, a Denver-based satellite manufacturer. The company delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/08\/31\/space-development-agency-orders-its-first-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 satellites for the agency\u2019s Tranche 0 capability<\/a> \u2014 which launched in April and September \u2014 and is building 42 more for Tranche 1, which will launch next year. York is also developing 12 experimental spacecraft slated to lift off in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department established SDA in 2019 to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/04\/04\/space-development-agency-enters-demonstration-phase-after-first-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">proliferated constellation of low Earth orbit transport and missile tracking satellites<\/a> on rapid timelines, augmenting constellations of large spacecraft with hundreds of small, relatively low-cost satellites. While it traditionally takes DoD five to 10 years to develop and field a satellites, SDA aims to condense that timeline to about two years and upgrade the technology on a regular cadence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tranche 2, slated to begin launching in 2026, will include nearly 300 satellites. Those systems will bring new capabilities to the fleet, including networking and data routing, navigation technologies and optical communication terminals that use lasers to transmit data between spacecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the Alpha variant, the agency will field Beta- and Gamma-class satellites, each of which will includes slightly different capabilities. SDA in August<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/08\/21\/space-development-agency-awards-15-billion-for-transport-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\"> awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman<\/a> to each build 36 Beta satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking Oct. 19 at a Space Industry Day event, SDA program manager Lt. Col. 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