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PRAETORIAN SDA_511

US Military Mesh Communications (PWSA Transport Layer) · York Space Systems / US Space Development Agency

PRAETORIAN SDA-511, one of York Space Systems' Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for the US Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture — the Pentagon's answer to a fundamental problem: how do you build military space infrastructure that isn't an easy, high-value target? Rather than a handful of expensive satellites, the SDA is deploying over 150 nearly identical, mass-produced Transport Layer spacecraft in low Earth orbit, connected via optical laser inter-satellite links into a resilient global mesh network. This satellite is part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture the White House has cited as foundational to the future Golden Dome missile defense system, connecting tracking data to interceptors faster than any previous system architecture allowed.