Pentagon Begins Deploying New Satellite Network to Link Sensors with Shooters

Pentagon begins deploying new satellite network to link sensors with shooters

“This is the first time we’ll have a space layer fully integrated into our warfighting operations.”…

SDA kicks off launch campaign for first operational data transport sats

The Space Development Agency deployed the first batch of operational data transport satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Wednesday morning, beginning a 10-month launch campaign that has been delayed by almost a year. The 21 space vehicles put on orbit are part of the Tranche 1 transport layer in the PWSA, a planned constellation comprising hundreds of satellites stationed in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to provide warfig…

Space Development Agency launches first 'operational' satellites for data relay - Breaking Defense

The 21 satellites lofted today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 were all built by York Space Systems and provide Link 16 and K-band communications.

SpaceX launches 21 satellites for Space Development Agency ‘Transport Layer’ military network

The satellites, made by York Space Systems, make up the first plane of a mesh network projected to have 126 spacecraft The post SpaceX launches 21 satellites for Space Development Agency ‘Transport Layer’ military network appeared first on SpaceNews.

Launch preview: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites – Spaceflight Now

21 satellites manufactured by York Space Systems for Space Development Agency’s upcoming Tranche 1 Transport Layer launch. Image: York Space Systems The first in a series of launches supporting a burgeoning satellite constellation for the Space Development Agency (SDA) is set to take flight Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The SDA was formed as an independent agency 2019 with the goal of safeguarding the United S…

SDA's First Operational Data Satellites Launch Successfully

The U.S. military launched 21 satellites into space from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 10, delivering the first of the Space Development Agency’s more than 100 planned “Tranche 1” data transport spacecraft into orbit. The others are to launch over the next year. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the satellites, built by York Space Systems, into space. They will be the first in a constellation flying in low-Earth orbit (LEO) and prov…