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Space Development Agency

Space Development Agency owned 116 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

United StatesArlington, Virginia · PentagonGCAT code SDA

Payloads owned, by decade

116
2020s

Payloads by mission type

Communications66
Missile early warning8

Main programs

SDA-TR1-TPL York21SDA-TR1-TPL LM21SDA-TR0-TPL LM10SDA-TR0-TPL York9SDA-TR0-TRL SPX4SDA-TR0-TRL L3H4SDA Cube2Mandrake2York Bane1

Best-known spacecraft

SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Mandrake 2 Able2021-059AEJun 30, 2021SDAUnited StatesCommunicationsIn orbit
Mandrake 2 Baker2021-059AFJun 30, 2021SDAUnited StatesCommunicationsIn orbit

Source: GCAT organizations database, launch list and payload catalog, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).