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Space Development Agency Chief Would Like To Link Transport Layer With Commercial Satellites

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

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Space Development Agency Chief Would Like To Link Transport Layer With Commercial Satellites

Derek Tournear, director, Space Development Agency. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King)

The Space Development Agency (SDA) would like to link its planned constellation of satellites for transferring military data to warfighters with commercial satellite systems that can provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of the battlefield, boosting military capabilities and further providing commercial opportunities, the chief of the agency said on Tuesday. The SDA already is contracting with Capella Space, which provides commercial synthetic aperture radar with its satellites to various government customers, to include compliant optical intersatellite links (OISLs) on their…

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