{"id":174712,"date":"2025-08-25T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/174712\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:04:15","slug":"york-space-delivers-21-satellites-for-first-deployment-of-u-s-military-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/174712\/","title":{"rendered":"York Space delivers 21 satellites for first deployment of U.S. military network"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Space Force is preparing to launch the first satellites intended to provide communications services from a low Earth orbit military constellation. The mission, targeted for no earlier than September 10, will carry 21 spacecraft built by York Space Systems \u2014 marking the opening deployment of the Space Development Agency\u2019s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA\u2019s National Defense…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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