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York Space Systems

Defense contractor awarded Tranche 1 contracts alongside Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman
Tracked because Defense contractor awarded Tranche 1 contracts alongside Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman · 19 documented connections
Facts on record6
Connections mapped19
Sources cited20
✦ Thin coverage gap +49 connected to 19 entities · only 6 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 1S 5I
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 6 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 organization → [donor] → elected official → [donor] → com... 29848× PATTERN company → [regulatory filing] → government agency → [over... 2394× PATTERN person → [regulatory filing] → government agency → [overs... 1863× PATTERN elected official → [colleague] → elected official → [dono... 1108× PATTERN person → [donor] → elected official → [donor] → company 769×
Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
oversight
York Space Systems filed a submission with the SEC on 2025-11-17, indicating regulatory compliance or funding disclosure.
Facts (6)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 109d ago · Avg age: 355d
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 (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated York Space Systems filed filing with the SEC on 2025-11-17. Accession number: N/A.
All Connections (19)
→ Jon Ossoff elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Dick Durbin elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Steve Daines elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Andy Kim elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Shelley Moore Capito elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Pete Aguilar elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
→ Scott Perry elected official
donor inferential
Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuristics)
client/customer inferential since 2025
York Space Systems has contracts with the NRO, as indicated by NROL-145 and NROL-146 mission references associated with York's satellite manufacturing.
→ Space Development Agency government agency
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.
→ U.S. Space Force institution
client/customer inferential since 2024
York Space Systems has contracts with the U.S. Space Force, including involvement in the Golden Dome space weapons system program and other defense satellite initiatives.
→ Space Systems Command government agency
client/customer inferential since 2023
York Space Systems works with the Space Systems Command on satellite acquisition and deployment programs for the U.S. military.
contractor inferential since 2025
York Space Systems is involved in the Golden Dome space weapons system program, a U.S. space-based missile defense initiative.
contractor inferential since 2021
York Space Systems is a primary contractor for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) satellite constellation program.
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
oversight primary since 2025
York Space Systems filed a submission with the SEC on 2025-11-17, indicating regulatory compliance or funding disclosure.
oversight secondary since 2017
Committee oversight of commercial space contractors involved in military and government satellite programs
← Quilty Space company
industry_sector_overlap inferential since 2026
Quilty Space appears in the same database context as York Space Systems, another satellite manufacturer, indicating potential competitive or collaborative positioning in the commercial space market.
← NROL-145 instrument
potential satellite manufacturer inferential since 2024
York Space Systems builds satellites for the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit program. If NROL-145 is part of that program, York could be a manufacturer.
← NROL-146 instrument
contractor inferential since 2024
York Space Systems is a contractor for satellite buses in the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit program, possibly involved in NROL-146 satellite manufacturing.
← Sapphire Satellite instrument
related company inferential since 2026
York Space Systems is a satellite manufacturer; both appear in space/satellite context in known entities list.
Sources (20)
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: York Space Systems not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: York Space Systems not found in usaspending claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: York Space Systems not found in sam_gov claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: York Space Systems — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: York Space Systems — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: York Space Systems — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: York Space Systems — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: York Space Systems — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt