{"id":2728,"date":"2025-09-23T11:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/york-space-systems-demonstrates-optical-laser-communications-link-with-space-development-agency\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:24:15","slug":"york-space-systems-demonstrates-optical-laser-communications-link-with-space-development-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/york-space-systems-demonstrates-optical-laser-communications-link-with-space-development-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"York Space Systems Demonstrates Optical Laser Communications Link with Space Development Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/york_cover_638942081307769082.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"York Space Systems Demonstrates Optical Laser Communications Link with Space Development Agency\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/york_cover_638942081307769082.png\" style=\"opacity: 0;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/york_cover_638942081307769082.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>York Space Systems<\/strong>, a defense technology company transforming how the United States builds and operates proliferated space-based capabilities, announced the successful demonstration of a space-to-ground optical laser communication link with the Space Development Agency (SDA). This major milestone marks another step forward in building out the Space Development Agency\u2019s Transport Layer, which is designed to provide resilient, low-latency, high-volume data connectivity to U.S. and allied warfighters globally.<\/p>\n<p>During the demonstration, a York-built Tranche 0 satellite established a laser communications connection with one of SDA\u2019s optical ground terminals. The test resulted in more than 1.5 million frames successfully received, validating the performance of York\u2019s optical communications integration in partnership with SDA\u2019s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYork\u2019s ability to rapidly integrate and demonstrate these capabilities is what sets us apart,\u201d said <strong>Mike Lajczok<\/strong><strong>, CTO of York<\/strong>. \u201cBy consistently delivering proven technologies on accelerated timelines, York is helping set the standard for how the United States fields advanced capabilities at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are Satellite Laser Communication Terminals?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis achievement proves that optical communications are not only viable in real-world operations but also ready to strengthen the resilience and speed of the national defense space architecture,\u201d said <strong>Melanie Preisser<\/strong><strong>, VP and GM of York<\/strong>. \u201cBy demonstrating secure, high-capacity links for missile warning, tracking and tactical transport, York is demonstrating that these technologies can be fielded rapidly to meet the nation\u2019s evolving mission demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This successful demonstration further underscores York\u2019s leadership in proliferated low Earth orbit systems and reinforces the company\u2019s role as a key partner in advancing SDA\u2019s vision for the PWSA. SDA and York are advancing a more secure and robust space-based communications network capable of supporting the next generation of missile warning, missile tracking, and tactical data transport missions\u2014capabilities that also lay the groundwork for future architectures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York Space Systems, a defense technology company transforming how the United States builds and operates proliferated space-based capabilities, announced the successful demonstration of a space-to-ground optical laser communication link with the Space Development Agency (SDA). This major milestone marks another step forward in building out the Space Development Agency\u2019s Transport Layer, which is designed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,26,20],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}