Lockheed Taps Terran Orbital to Build 36 T2TL Beta Satellite Buses
Small satellite builder Terran Orbital has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to manufacture 36 Beta satellite buses for the second tranche of the Space Development Agency's data communications transport layer. Terran Orbital said Tuesday it will deliver the satellite buses to Lockheed for payload integration with the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture's Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta variant prototype constellation, which will form the foundation of the T2TL.