Space Development Agency
Space Development Agency celebrates launch of its first satellites
The Defense Department’s space agency on June 30 hailed the deployment of its first missions which flew to orbit on a SpaceX rideshare carrying 88 small satellites.
Space Development Agency to launch five satellites aboard SpaceX rideshare
The U.S. Space Development Agency has five satellites riding on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission scheduled to launch June 25.
DoD space agency to create marketplace for commercial satellite data
The Space Development Agency is looking to work with commercial operators of imaging satellites so they can send data directly to U.S. government satellites in orbit.
Capella Space wins research contract from U.S. Space Development Agency
Radar satellite imagery startup Capella Space on June 14 received a $3 million research contract in support of the Space Development Agency’s National Defense Space Architecture.
DoD space agency to launch laser communications experiments on SpaceX rideshare
A pair of cubesats built by General Atomics for the Space Development Agency will seek to demonstrate optical communications between satellites, and from satellites to a military drone aircraft.
DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies
The Biden administration’s defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 seeks more than $1.2 billion for military space systems in low-Earth orbit.
Space Development Agency to add more laser links to satellites if the price is right
The Space Development Agency needs “affordable” optical terminals that can be mass produced.
Space Development Agency could select three manufacturers to produce its next batch of satellites
The Space Development Agency is considering buying its next 150 satellites from three different vendors,
DoD space agency: Cyber attacks, not missiles, are the most worrisome threat to satellites
The Space Development Agency is less worried about missile strikes than it is about cyber attacks and intrusions into the supply chain.
Space Development Agency issues new request for information from satellite vendors
SDA is seeking feedback on vendors' ability to support a homogeneous constellation design.
Satellite manufacturer LeoStella eyeing opportunities in U.S. defense market
LeoStella sees opportunities to supply satellites to the U.S. Space Development Agency.
On National Security | DoD space agency move seen as signs of real change
The Defense Department's Space Development Agency is now shaking things up. The agency has been around for only two years and remains relatively unknown. But it began to draw attention from across the space industry last fall.
Space Force planning for a future of smaller, cheaper satellites
The Space and Missile Systems Center for more than a year has been helping the Space Development Agency accelerate the procurement of small satellites.
DoD space agency to award multiple contracts for up to 150 satellites
The Space Development Agency will solicit bids for an upcoming procurement of up to 150 satellites to be launched in late 2024.
Space Development Agency experiment to fly on Northrop Grumman’s capsule to space station
The NG-16 cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station will carry a Space Development Agency payload to collect data for the development of missile-tracking sensors.
