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Space Development Agency

Pentagon agency contracting Starshield satellites
Tracked because Pentagon agency contracting Starshield satellites · 28 documented connections
Facts on record3
Connections mapped28
Sources cited15
✦ Thin coverage gap +104 connected to 28 entities · only 3 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 1P 1S 1I
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Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 4 elected officials hold documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

PATTERN government agency → [donor] → elected official → [donor] ... 1450× PATTERN organization → [donor] → elected official → [donor] → gov... 1450× PATTERN company → [oversight] → government agency → [oversight] →... 235× PATTERN institution → [contractor] → company → [contractor] → gov... 223× PATTERN person → [donor] → company → [contractor] → government ag... 200×
Connection Map
Key Connections
← House Committee on Space and Aeronautics government agency
oversight
Committee has oversight jurisdiction over SDA programs and proliferated low Earth orbit constellation development
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing_recipient
The Space Development Agency filed a filing with the SEC on March 3, 2025.
→ SpaceX company
contractor
SpaceX won $739 million contract in January 2026 to launch 5 batches of Tranche 2 satellites for the Space Development Agency
← Starshield instrument
service_provider
Starshield provides satellite capabilities for SDA missile defense network
← Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense government agency
oversight
The subcommittee oversees appropriations for Space Development Agency programs and operations
Facts (3)
Data Freshness
Stale Last update: 183d ago · Avg age: 365d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (2)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Space Development Agency (SDA) filed filing with the SEC on 2025-03-03. Accession number: N/A.
✓ verified Primary Source SpaceX won $739 million in January 2026 to launch 5 batches of Tranche 2 satellites for the Space Development Agency
Date: 2026-01-01 Added: 11 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Fed-Spend contract tracking
All Connections (28)
→ Tom Cotton elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Lisa Blunt Rochester elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Jacky Rosen elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ U.S. Space Force institution
affiliation inferential since 2026
Space Development Agency operates within U.S. Space Force structure for satellite constellation development
affiliation inferential since 2026
Space Development Agency operates as defense agency under Department of Defense oversight
→ Chip Roy elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Bobby Scott elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ SpaceX company
contractor primary since 2026
SpaceX won $739 million contract in January 2026 to launch 5 batches of Tranche 2 satellites for the Space Development Agency
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing_recipient primary since 2025
The Space Development Agency filed a filing with the SEC on March 3, 2025.
← Starshield instrument
service_provider confirmed
Starshield provides satellite capabilities for SDA missile defense network
oversight primary since 2019
Committee has oversight jurisdiction over SDA programs and proliferated low Earth orbit constellation development
procurement_authority secondary since 2021
SDA uses OTFOC for its Proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation and other space-based commercial technology acquisitions
← Space Systems Command government agency
collaboration secondary since 2021
Both entities work within the Department of Defense space enterprise, with Space Development Agency focusing on proliferated low earth orbit constellations while Space Systems Command handles broader space acquisition programs
government counterpart / acquisition context inferential since 2026
Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO) appears adjacent to Space Development Agency in the entity list, indicating a likely relationship in satellite communications procurement or oversight.
← Quilty Space company
industry_sector_overlap inferential since 2026
Quilty Space appears in the database alongside Space Development Agency, indicating potential involvement in the same defense/space ecosystem or as a contractor/vendor to defense space programs.
oversight inferential since 2026
The Space Development Agency is listed among known entities and manages proliferated low-Earth orbit constellations that could relate to the Golden Dome system.
← NROL-145 instrument
potential program partner inferential since 2024
The Space Development Agency manages the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit constellation that NROL-145 may be part of.
← NROL-146 instrument
Potential Program Relationship inferential since 2024
The Proliferated Low Earth Orbit program is associated with the Space Development Agency, indicating NROL-146 may relate to SDA's satellite architecture.
← York Space Systems company
client/customer inferential since 2020
York Space Systems is a contractor for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Low Earth Orbit program, building and delivering satellites for the transport layer.
← US Navy institution
contracting_entity inferential since unknown
The US Navy's decentralized contracting approach uses specific Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID) prefixes including N00, N65, and N66, which are assigned to different Navy contracting activities - similar to how Space Development Agency operates under DoD contracting rules.
← Eric Felt person
membership inferential since 2026
Col. Eric Felt (or Eric Felt) is associated with Space Development Agency, given the listing of 'Space Development Agency' near Col. Eric Felt in the database, and shared military/space domain context.
Co-occurrence / Same Context inferential since 2026
JIATF 401 and Space Development Agency appear in the same entity list, indicating potential space-based intelligence assessment integration.
military_space_agency inferential since 2026
Brigadier-General G. Michael Adamson's presence in the database alongside the Space Development Agency suggests potential coordination or liaison role with this U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for space architecture development.
shared_procurement_framework inferential since 2026
SDA is part of the broader defense acquisition framework. NSA's use of DoD procurement vehicles like PEO-EIS could potentially overlap with SDA's acquisition processes, though no direct documented connection is provided.
← Sapphire Satellite instrument
related organization inferential since 2026
Both are involved in space domain awareness and military space architecture.
oversight primary since ongoing
The subcommittee oversees appropriations for Space Development Agency programs and operations
affiliation secondary since 2026
Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) program is a U.S. Space Development Agency initiative for satellite constellation. Both entities are explicitly listed together in the known entities list and adjacent in organizational context.
← Scott Tilley person
affiliation inferential since 2026
Scott Tilley appears in the known entities list immediately following Space Development Agency in the same cluster of space/defense entities, suggesting a potential professional association or employment connection within the defense space sector.
Sources (15)
2025-04-01 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (2025-04-01) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Space Development Agency — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-02-23 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (2026-02-23) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-06-13 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (2024-06-13) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-03-31 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (2026-03-31) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-06-18 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (2025-06-18) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-03-03 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (2025-03-03) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Space Development Agency — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Space Development Agency — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Space Development Agency — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Space Development Agency — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Space Development Agency — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-06-18 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (2025-06-18) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-03-03 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Space Development Agency (SDA) (2025-03-03) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-01-01 ↗ Fed-Spend contract tracking web_search Processed 📜 Receipt