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Rocket Lab USA Completes Preliminary Design Review for SDA Communications Satellites

Frank Wolfe

Friday, January 10th, 2025

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Rocket Lab USA Completes Preliminary Design Review for SDA Communications Satellites

Pictured is a Rocket Lab depiction of the future Tranche 2 Transport Layer- Beta satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency.

Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] said that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta program. "This milestone marks a critical step in Rocket Lab’s mission as a prime contractor to deliver 18 advanced data transport satellites for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA)," the company said. The T2TL-Alpha satellites, 62 by York Space Systems under a $617 million contract and 38 by…

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