York Space Systems Archives

An artist’s rendering of Northrop Grumman’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites on orbit. (Northrop Grumman image)

Northrop Grumman, York Space Systems win latest contracts for SDA’s global satcom constellation

The contracts — which combined are worth approximately $1.3 billion — are for the Alpha variants of the agency's Tranche 2 transport layer.

Oct 30, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Screenshot of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 launch, April 2, 2023.

Third time’s a charm: SpaceX launches SDA’s first batch of Tranche 0 satellites

After multiple postponements, SpaceX successfully launched 10 of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellites on Sunday.

Apr 2, 2023 By Jon Harper

York Space Systems lands contract to build T1DES satellites for Pentagon

York Space Systems has been tapped to build a dozen satellites and supporting technologies for the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System.

Oct 6, 2022 By Jon Harper