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York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, announced its Tranche 0 satellites, part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) successfully established optical communications in orbit. <\/p>\n
This successful demonstration makes York the second SDA provider to achieve this major milestone and the only provider to successfully establish both space-to-ground Link 16 and laser communications links in orbit. The Link 16 and the optical communications demonstrations occurred during different experiments. The successful laser communications link demonstrates York’s technical prowess and sets a new standard for space-based communication capabilities. This dual achievement underscores York’s role as a key contributor to the SDA’s efforts to build a resilient, interconnected defense communications network.<\/p>\n
“Establishing both a space-to-ground Link 16 and a laser comms link marks a pivotal step not only for York, but for the broader space-based defense communications ecosystem,” said Dirk Wallinger, CEO of York<\/strong>. “We are proud to contribute to the SDA’s vision for a secure, low-latency global communications architecture. Our team’s technical expertise continues to push boundaries and drive the future of space-based networks.”<\/p>\n York’s participation in Tranche 0 is part of SDA’s broader initiative to deploy a low-latency, secure communications architecture spanning the globe. The company’s capability to integrate both advanced laser communications and Link 16 technology cements its place at the forefront of space innovation for defense applications.<\/p>\n York continues to demonstrate its ability to deliver critical space-based systems, driving advancements in space communications and enhancing national security by ensuring the flow of vital, real-time data across global defense assets.<\/p>\n Click here to learn more about SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, announced its Tranche 0 satellites, part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) successfully established optical communications in orbit. This successful demonstration makes York the second SDA provider to achieve this major milestone […]<\/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":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-6517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6517"}],"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=6517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}