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L3Harris Announces Completion of CDR for Company’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Satellites

L3Harris Announces Completion of CDR for Company’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Satellites
Bill Nye, the "Science Guy," the CEO of the Planetary Society, looks inside one of the Space Delta 4 radomes during a tour at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. on Dec. 6. Space Delta 4 operates Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites and Ground-Based Radars for strategic and theater missile warning (U.S. Space Force)

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Dec. 20 that it has completed Critical Design Review and Production Readiness Review (PRR) for the 16 low Earth orbit satellites the company is to build for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. "The CDR milestone demonstrates that L3Harris’ design will meet the mission requirements, while the PRR provides L3Harris with the SDA’s approval to begin the full production process," L3Harris said. "To meet launch schedule commitments, L3Harris started fabrication of critical…

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