York Space Systems

York to expand manufacturing capacity, once again
York Space Systems is once again expanding manufacturing capacity to meet demand for its standard small satellites.

Exotrail to provide thrust for York cislunar mission
York Space Systems plans to rely on Exotrail electric propulsion for a mission to provide Earth-to-moon communications services from cislunar orbit.

York to quadruple smallsat manufacturing capacity with new facility
York Space Systems announced plans May 18 to establish a “mega manufacturing facility” in Denver to quadruple the number of small satellites in production at once.

York Space Systems building larger LX-CLASS satellite platform
Smallsat specialist York Space Systems is producing a larger satellite platform with double the payload volume of its current spacecraft bus in response to market demand.

York Space Systems automates ground system operations
York Space Systems has learned a lot from operating its first production-model spacecraft in orbit for two years. The biggest takeaway, though, has been the need to automate satellite handling on the ground.

Op-ed | Don’t call it a bubble, more investment in space launch is a good thing
The notion that we now have “enough” launch providers and therefore the government should direct private investors elsewhere is misguided.

NASA Astrophysics Division embraces cubesats and smallsats
SAN FRANCISCO – Early next year, NASA plans to select a maximum of three Astrophysics Pioneers missions, investigations with a maximum price tag of $20 million, Michel Garcia, NASA Astrophysics Division smallsats lead program scientist, said at …

Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract
Lockheed Martin's satellites for the SDA will be about 150 to 200 kilograms and will use Tyvak’s Mavericks platform.

Lockheed Martin, York Space to produce 20 satellites for Space Development Agency
Lockheed Martin received a $187.5 million contract and York Space Systems a $94 million contract for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.

York Space and MSU Denver extend partnership through Air Force contract
York Space Systems and Metropolitan State University of Denver won a U.S. Air Force contract to investigate ways to reduce the cost and speed delivery of high-quality satellite imagery.

LatConnect 60 selects York to build and operate satellites
Australian Earth observation startup LatConnect 60 announced plans June 9 to hire York Space Systems to manufacture small satellites and to operate an Earth observation constellation.

York opens manufacturing facility, hires engineering chief
York Space Systems announced the opening May 19 of its new manufacturing facility in Denver, a key step in the firm’s campaign to expand mass manufacturing of standard small satellites.

NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded eight contracts with a combined total of nearly $4.5 million to companies developing mission concepts, spacecraft and instruments for the agency’s future Earth observation constellation.

York Space Systems unveils Hydra Mission Series
York Space Systems announced plans Jan. 7 to conduct a series of missions to rapidly flight qualify government and industry satellite payloads, subsystems and components.

York Space Systems expands facility to speed up spacecraft production
York Space Systems is gearing up to produce hundreds of satellites annually.

Firefly Aerospace and York Space Systems partner to provide integrated satellite solutions
Small launch vehicle company Firefly Aerospace announced Oct. 10 it’s partnering with smallsat developer York Space Systems to offer customers a combined package of satellite and launch services.

York Space Systems to use Ruag Space small satellite payload adapter
York Space Systems, a Denver-based satellite manufacturer, announced plans April 17 to work with Swiss satellite and rocket component supplier Ruag Space on payload adapters for York's S-Class satellites.

Key hurdle cleared for York Space Systems and U.S. Army small satellite launch
York Space Systems, a Denver startup preparing to mass manufacture small satellites, has completed a key technical review, clearing the way for the November launch of its Harbinger mission.

Ex-Stratolaunch boss joins satellite startup setting up shop on college campus
A startup that aims to build 200 satellites a year is opening an automated manufacturing facility on a college campus and adding a former Paul Allen hire to its board of director.