U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

The GAO challenges SDA’s rapid satellite deployment, citing risks in missile tracking and ground readiness, while SDA defends its fast-track approach.

The Space Development Agency will test whether commercial deorbiting can keep its low-Earth-orbit architecture safe and sustainable.

The Space Development Agency wants to install terminals on aircraft, connecting them to the low-Earth-orbit Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is tasking Starfish Space to deorbit at least one of its satellites based in low Earth orbit (LEO) under a mission targeted for 2027, the Tukwila, Washington-based startup announced Jan. 21.

A Jan. 11 SpaceX rideshare launch carried 40 payloads to orbit, including 10 satellites from Kepler Communications.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded military space launches worth $739 million to SpaceX to support future missions for the Space Development Agency and NRO.

Rocket Lab joins established primes as the U.S. Space Development Agency scales its proliferated missile-warning and tracking architecture.

Rocket Lab is making its missile defense development debut as the SDA awarded the company one of four contracts for the next phase of its Tracking Layer

DARPA has granted BAE Systems a contract for its Oversight program to make software that allows new military sats to track up to 1,000 targets on the ground.

Muon Space will harness its multispectral imaging payload for the Space Development Agency’s missile warning/missile tracking constellation.

After two successful launches in back-to-back months, the third Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 mission won’t launch until 2026.

Voyager Technologies is continuing its acquisition spree with a U.S. propulsion focus, announcing Nov. 20 it is buying Estes Energetics.

York Space Systems, a mass satellite manufacturer, says it is applying to become a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

Kepler Communications plans to launch its first batch of 10 laser communications relay satellites into orbit in January 2026.

L3Harris is looking for some quick DOD program decisions once the shutdown ends, with CEO Christopher Kubasik projecting an end to the situation in November.

SpaceX launched the second batch of operational satellites for the Space Development Agency’s proliferated mesh network on Oct. 15 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

With a new facility online and $1 billion in valuation, the young startup says it is poised to build satellite buses for generations to come.

The U.S. Space Force expects to launch the next Space Development Agency (SDA) mission on Oct. 14 from Vandenberg SFB, California, with six backup windows available, Space Launch Delta (SLD) 30 said Oct. 8.

The SDA and FAA are close to resolving an ongoing limitation on transmitting Link 16 data from space over the continental U.S., the acting director says.

The ESA is poised to ask member states to back the European sovereign satellite communications IRIS² program with €600 million in the next funding cycle.

With its first Tranche 1 launch complete, the Space Development Agency has begun deploying a regional mesh network to enhance data relay from low Earth orbit.

Space startups and tech companies are banding together to demonstrate their products with national security missions in mind.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s inaugural batch of tactical data communications satellites Sept. 10.

Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has left the agency less than one week before the first operational satellites are due to launch.

The Space Development Agency’s first batch of operational satellites is due to launch no earlier than Sept. 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT, provider SpaceX said Sept. 5.