U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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.

The Space Development Agency and its suppliers are racing to scale production and prove the resilience of their optical communications tech.

York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

Rocket Lab is positioning itself as a one-stop shop for national security as it closes in on acquiring missile tracking satellite-maker Geost, the CEO says.

Muon Space is offering a new 500-kg-class satellite bus that could suit nascent and future national security space constellations in low Earth orbit.

L3Harris Technologies is ready to start manufacturing new missile defense satellites for the SDA after completing key milestones, the company said Aug. 5.

The parent of space and defense technology company York Space Systems has agreed to acquire U.S.-based ground communications provider ATLAS Space Operations.

The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to fund two versions of a future space-based data connectivity network as the Pentagon weighs the best option.

A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.

The Space Development Agency plans to tap into a pool of prescreened contractors to mature technologies for future satellite constellations.

The Defense Department is debating how best to develop the space-based data connectivity backbone of its future force.

Sierra Space has a new, $45 million facility up and running to build defense-hardened solar arrays at scale.

The U.S. Space Force is considering the optimal way to build out a vast and critical data transport satellite architecture in low Earth orbit.

The U.S. Space Force is partnering with SpaceX to field a new satellite communications (satcom) network.

Sierra Space is ready to pull back the curtain on its defense-centric unit and a new 60,000-ft.2 facility dedicated to its national security programs.

York Space Systems has completed the first of 12 planned satellites for a Space Development Agency -related mission.

The House Appropriations Committee is offering the U.S. Space Force $19.1 billion in fiscal 2026 to support research-and-development programs.