U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

Terran Orbital has won a $2.4 billion contract to build 300 small satellites for Rivada Space Networks.

The U.S. Space Force wants terminals that will operate between two GEO spacecraft.

The “Sabre” system would collect and relay telemetry data from U.S. missile test ranges.

SDA director Derek Tournear joins Aviation Week editors on Check 6 to discuss how its system of space tracking and transport satellites will revolutionize the U.S. military and the challenges it will face along the way.

The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded L3Harris and SpaceX contracts to each build four satellites for detecting and tracking ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

The Space Development Agency is moving forward with plans to put on contract the initial phases of its ambitious next-generation U.S. Defense Space