:

Space

York Delivers Second Production Lot Of Tranche 1 Transport Satellites For SDA

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 5th, 2026

SHARE:

York Delivers Second Production Lot Of Tranche 1 Transport Satellites For SDA

Second plane York spacecraft arriving at launch facility. Photo: York Space Systems

Just ahead of a planned launch this summer, York Space Systems [YSS] on Friday morning said it has shipped the second plane of 21 satellites it built for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) first tranche of communications satellites. The exact launch date for the spacecraft has not been disclosed. York’s first lot of Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) satellites were successfully launched into orbit last September and were followed a month later by the launch of 21 Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Thursday markup of the FY 2027 defense authorization bill rejected an amendment to cut funding for the new Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)), but did agree […]

Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Thursday rejected a Democrat-led proposal to cut the $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $150 billion, as the […]

HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]