{"id":68515,"date":"2025-01-09T16:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/01\/09\/space-development-agency-validates-high-speed-satellite-comm-links\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:06:59","slug":"space-development-agency-validates-high-speed-satellite-comm-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2025\/01\/09\/space-development-agency-validates-high-speed-satellite-comm-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Development Agency validates high-speed satellite comm links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">York Space Systems and SpaceX, two companies<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/10\/20\/space-development-agency-orders-62-satellites-from-york-space-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\"> building satellites<\/a> for the Space Development Agency\u2019s megaconstellation, recently demonstrated the ability to connect two of their on-orbit spacecraft through a laser link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the demonstration, York linked one of the communication satellites it built for the first iteration of SDA\u2019s constellation with a SpaceX missile tracking satellite. The laser communication links the companies used allow the satellites to transmit information quickly and securely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The milestone is significant for the firms and for SDA, which is trying to establish a low-Earth orbit network of missile tracking and data transport satellites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2024\/12\/09\/sda-a-canary-in-the-coal-mine-for-supply-chain-woes-space-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">built by a diverse pool of suppliers<\/a>. Connecting different satellites within the network is a key step toward proving that the technology works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy enabling seamless communication across platforms, this approach ensures interoperability, enhances a competitive marketplace and fosters innovation across the entire space industry,\u201d York said Wednesday in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration comes after months of ground testing at the Naval Research Laboratory, where SDA vendors must validate that their systems work and can pass data to other satellites via a common interface, known as an optical communication terminal protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDA Director Derek Tournear told reporters last September that much of the agency\u2019s systems engineering work has been focused on making sure satellites can share information through the interface. If they can\u2019t, he said at the time, it could undermine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/12\/05\/how-the-space-development-agency-could-have-died-any-number-of-ways\/#:~:text=Fred%20Kennedy%2C%20SDA's%20first%20director,a%20chance%20to%20prove%20itself.\" target=\"_blank\">a key part of SDA\u2019s mission<\/a>, which is to move away from traditional defense acquisition approaches that rely on a small number of vendors and technologies to build a capability that remains largely static. Instead, SDA wants its satellites to be replaced with new, more capable systems on a regular cadence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we get vendor locked and only one works, or they can\u2019t talk to others, that falls apart pretty quickly, and we start to get into this stovepiped model that has historically been the DOD model,\u201d Tournear said during a Sept. 16 briefing at the annual Air Force Association conference. \u201cIt\u2019s critical that it works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond York and SpaceX, SDA\u2019s current contractor pool includes Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Sierra Space and Northrop Grumman, among others. 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