Space Development Agency
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Awards
SDA Books $1.75B for 36 Golden Dome Missile-Tracking Satellites With L3Harris, Sierra Space
The Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris $955M and Sierra Space $798M to build 36 Tranche 3 missile-tracking and missile-defense satellites for Golden Dome for America, bringing the Tracking Layer to 104 spacecraft with delivery expected by end of 2028.
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Space Force Adds Impulse Space and Relativity Federal to $5.6B Lane 1 Launch Pool
Space Force awarded Impulse Space and Relativity Federal spots on the $5.6B NSSL Lane 1 launch IDIQ, adding an upper-stage-only prime and a reusable-rocket startup to a pool that now spans seven companies through FY2029.
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SpaceX Wins $2.29B Space Force Contract to Build Starshield-Based Space Data Network Backbone
Space Systems Command awarded SpaceX a $2.29B Other Transaction Agreement to build the Space Data Network Backbone, a militarized Starshield LEO constellation delivering worldwide tactical communications and broadband, with a fully operational prototype required by end of 2027.
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Odyssey Systems Gets $49M Space Force Space Domain Awareness Advisory Option Year 4
Odyssey Systems Consulting Group received a $48.9M contract modification on May 8 exercising Option Year Four of its Space Domain Awareness technical acquisition and advisory services contract with Space Systems Command, bringing the cumulative contract value to $202M. Work runs at Peterson Space Force Base through May 2027.
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Anduril Lands $100M Space Force Contract Modification to Double SDANet Space Surveillance Mesh
Space Systems Command expanded Anduril's SDANet contract ceiling from $99.7M to $200M, funding the next phase of a Lattice-powered mesh network connecting Space Surveillance Network sensors worldwide.
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Space Development Agency awards $3.5B for 72 missile-tracking satellites — Tranche 3 four-vendor split
Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Rocket Lab, and Northrop Grumman each build 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 constellation. Launches scheduled FY29. Lockheed leads at $1.1B; Rocket Lab's award is its largest defense win.
