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York Space Systems Announces Satellite Linkage with SpaceX Bird

York Space Systems Announces Satellite Linkage with SpaceX Bird
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s first Tranche 0 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., at 7:29 a.m. on April 2, 2023 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

A question mark for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) has been whether one company's satellites would link with other companies' birds, but Denver's York Space Systems said on Thursday that it has demonstrated "the first low Earth orbit (LEO) inter-vendor laser communication link" for PWSA. "This groundbreaking achievement connected a Tranche 0 Transport satellite built by York with a Tranche 0 Tracking satellite built by SpaceX, representing a significant milestone in space-based…

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