(Northrop Grumman rendering) Space Development Agency completes first space-to-ground Link 16 transmission The demonstrations are a key milestone for SDA's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Nov 28, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear is interviewed by DefenseScoop Managing Editor Jon Harper at DefenseTalks, Sept. 15, 2022. SDA director blasts critics inside DOD bureaucracy who don’t like his ‘bad cop’ attitude Derek Tournear wrote in a post published on LinkedIn on Thursday that he was recently told to no longer act as the “bad cop” for SDA or… Oct 5, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
(Getty Images) SDA, SpaceX set to fly second batch of Tranche 0 satellites The agency will soon launch 13 additional systems with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Sep 1, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
Screenshot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 carrying 10 SDA Tranche 0 satellites. SpaceX again stands down first launch of SDA’s Tranche 0 satellites, plans to reschedule The Space Development Agency has once again delayed the liftoff of its Tranche 0 satellites after launch provider SpaceX aborted Friday's mission. Mar 31, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
Screenshot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 carrying 10 SDA Tranche 0 satellites. SpaceX aborts initial launch of SDA’s Tranche 0 satellites SpaceX said in a tweet: “Falcon 9 had an auto abort just prior to T-0. Vehicle and payload are in good health; teams are resetting for a… Mar 30, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
(Getty Images) After initial delays, SDA clears first batch of Tranche 0 satellites for launch The Space Development Agency has cleared the first data transport and missile tracking satellites in Tranche 0 for launch on Thursday, as it moves to proliferate satellites… Mar 29, 2023 By Mikayla Easley