York Space Systems receives two Space Force Data Network task orders
York Space Systems
York Space Systems will support two Space Force task orders testing Space Data Network interoperability and an in-orbit demo.
what happened
York Space Systems received two task orders under the US Space Force's Space Data Network program, the company said October 12, per a BusinessWire release and Via Satellite. Delivery Order 2 covers a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration with the SDN-Backbone constellation, testing spacecraft-to-ground data-exchange paths; Delivery Order 3 covers early planning, including bus-to-payload interfaces, for an in-orbit Space Exchange Point demonstration. York was one of five companies selected in August for SDN demonstration work, per Via Satellite.
why it matters
The task orders are incremental follow-ons inside a program the Space Force is already building with multiple vendors, including SpaceX's $2.29 billion SDN-Backbone contract; they show the government picking specific suppliers to prove out multi-vendor interoperability before committing to a wider network architecture, a signal worth tracking for other bus and ground-segment vendors eyeing the same program.
for who
Government satellite bus suppliers, ground-segment vendors
signal-to-noise
quick facts
- Companies
- York Space Systems
- Category
- contract
- Impact
- noise
- SNR
- 4 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-10-12
- Published
- 2026-10-13 01:13 UTC