{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"133996","rtpr_id":"nBw7SRy7Wa","ticker":"YSS","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["YSS"],"title":"York Space Systems Introduces New Platform Purpose-Built for Very Low Earth Orbit","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-02T13:00:01.135Z","article_body":"York Space Systems Introduces New Platform Purpose-Built for Very Low Earth\nOrbit\n\nVariant of flight-proven S- and LX-CLASS enables higher-fidelity observation,\nresilient orbit diversity, scaled deployment in self-cleaning VLEO regime\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54597390&newsitemid=20260902433038&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=1&md5=ca25fb9c47319a77e3f286f0d0e4f186)\n(York) (NYSE: YSS), a leading, U.S.-based national defense and commercial\nprime providing a comprehensive suite of mission-enabling solutions, is\nintroducing the LX/V-CLASS, a new spacecraft platform purpose-built for Very\nLow Earth Orbit (VLEO) missions. Adapted from York's S- and LX-CLASS\nplatforms, LX/V-CLASS marks York's entry into one of the fastest-growing\norbital regimes, with expanding demand across commercial and government\ncustomers, further broadening the range of mission types the company delivers\nfrom its proven manufacturing base.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/)\n\nYork Space System's new LX/V-CLASS platform is purpose-built for VLEO,\nenabling higher-fidelity observation, resilient orbit diversity, and scaled\ndeployment in a self-cleaning regime.\n\nLX/V-CLASS is engineered for sustained operations at very low altitudes, where\natmospheric drag naturally clears debris from the operating environment.\nPayloads benefit from higher-fidelity observation and a shorter path to the\nground, and constellation architects gain a diversification layer that\ncomplements assets in LEO, MEO, GEO, and cislunar, building the orbit\ndiversity customers need for resilient architectures.\n\nThe platform builds directly on demonstrations accomplished during York’s\nBANE mission, during which the company demonstrated communications and\nattitude control at altitudes down to 200 kilometers. BANE validated the full\nsystem stack required for sustained VLEO operations, including low-altitude\ncommunications and attitude control in a high-drag environment.\n\n“York’s approach to VLEO is grounded in flight results,” said Michael\nLajczok, CTO of York. “BANE demonstrated that we could communicate,\nmaneuver, and hold attitude above 200 kilometers. LX/V-CLASS turns those\nresults into a productized platform that customers can field today at the\ntempo and scale their missions require.”\n\nVLEO is emerging as one of the fastest-growing operational domains in space,\nas commercial and government operators seek higher-quality observation, lower\nlink budgets, and orbit regimes inherently more resilient to both natural\ndebris and hostile action. The regime is well suited to the proliferated,\nrapid-refresh architectures that resilient mission designs require, and it\noperates in a more risk-tolerant environment conducive to deployment at scale.\nLeveraging York’s existing inventory, the LX/V-CLASS can be deployed as\nquickly as six to seven months after contract. LX/V-CLASS extends York's\noperational reach into this segment, adding VLEO to the mission sets the\ncompany already delivers for national security and commercial customers.\n\n“Customers are asking for orbit diversity, and they need suppliers who can\ndeliver at scale from platforms already proven on orbit,” added Lajczok.\n“LX/V-CLASS extends York’s portfolio into VLEO on the strength of the same\nproduction system, supply chain, and the same flight heritage our customers\nrely on today.”\n\nYork’s expansion into VLEO is supported by more than $755 million in\nproduction and supply chain investment that positions the company for rapid\nfielding as customer demand grows. LX/V-CLASS shares subsystems, interfaces,\nand the YORK flight and ground software with the broader product line, drawing\non the same U.S.-based manufacturing base that produces York spacecraft today.\nYork currently operates three constellations and five simultaneous missions, a\nflight-proven foundation that differentiates the company from emerging peers\nstill in development. The LX/V-CLASS introduction continues York's track\nrecord of expanding into adjacent markets from a proven spacecraft prime\nfoundation, broadening both the mission portfolio the company delivers and the\nrange of customers it serves.\n\nAbout York Space Systems\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54597390&newsitemid=20260902433038&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=2&md5=2c60aea98a865854b4acf736fb297e56)\n(NYSE: YSS) is a leading, U.S.-based national defense and commercial prime\nproviding a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national\nsecurity, government, and commercial customers. York is one of the only space\nand defense primes with proprietary hardware and software capabilities\ndesigned to address customers’ complex mission requirements across the\ncritical elements of the entire space ecosystem throughout the mission\nlifecycle. York is purpose built to address evolving national security space\nchallenges and to adapt to the ongoing shift in the U.S. government’s\nmission needs and procurement processes.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the\nmeaning of, and we intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by,\nthe safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and\nuncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. In some cases,\nyou can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as\n“anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “emerging,” “expand,”\n“expect,” “feasibility,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,”\n“plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or the\nnegative of these terms or other comparable terminology. In particular,\nstatements about the use and execution of our production lot, the health of\nour spacecraft, trends in commercial and government customer demand for\nspecific spacecraft platforms or mission types, and our expectations, beliefs,\nplans, strategies, objectives, prospects, assumptions, or future events or\nperformance contained in this press release are forward-looking statements.\n\nFactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those\nexpressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include: any failure of\nour spacecraft systems and related software to operate as intended, resulting\nin claims for product failures, schedule delays or other problems with\nexisting or new products; cost overruns on our contracts, including before\nfinal receipt of a contract; significant competition in the global space and\nsatellite market; our revenue, results of operations and reputation may be\nnegatively impacted if our products contain defects or fail to operate in the\nexpected manner; our failure to establish and maintain important relationships\nwith government agencies and prime contractors; the scarcity or unavailability\nof critical components used to manufacture our products or used in our\ndevelopment programs; the emerging and shifting nature of the market for\nspacecraft platforms and its failure to achieve the growth potential we\nexpect; disruptions in U.S. government operations and funding and budgetary\npriorities of the U.S. government; failure to establish and maintain important\nrelationships with government agencies and other prime or subcontractors;\ndependence on contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and\nour dependence on major customers and vendors; the inability to comply with\nany of our contracts or meet eligibility requirements to obtain certain\ngovernment contracts; and the other factors set forth in our filings with the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on\nthese forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or\nif no date is stated, as of the date of this press release. Actual results may\nvary from the estimates provided. We undertake no intent or obligation to\npublicly update or revise any of the estimates and other forward-looking\nstatements made in this press release, whether as a result of new information,\nfuture events or otherwise, except as required by law.\n\nReferences and links to websites have been provided as a convenience, and the\ninformation contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into\nthis press release. York is not responsible for the content of third-party\nwebsites.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/)\n\nMedia Contact\nSarah Nickell\nSarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:Sarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\nInvestor Contact\nChristopher Evenden\nir@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:ir@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw7SRy7Wa","title":"York Space Systems Introduces New Platform Purpose-Built for Very Low Earth Orbit","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"YSS","created":"2026-09-02T13:00:01.135Z","tickers":["YSS"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"York Space Systems Introduces New Platform Purpose-Built for Very Low Earth\nOrbit\n\nVariant of flight-proven S- and LX-CLASS enables higher-fidelity observation,\nresilient orbit diversity, scaled deployment in self-cleaning VLEO regime\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54597390&newsitemid=20260902433038&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=1&md5=ca25fb9c47319a77e3f286f0d0e4f186)\n(York) (NYSE: YSS), a leading, U.S.-based national defense and commercial\nprime providing a comprehensive suite of mission-enabling solutions, is\nintroducing the LX/V-CLASS, a new spacecraft platform purpose-built for Very\nLow Earth Orbit (VLEO) missions. Adapted from York's S- and LX-CLASS\nplatforms, LX/V-CLASS marks York's entry into one of the fastest-growing\norbital regimes, with expanding demand across commercial and government\ncustomers, further broadening the range of mission types the company delivers\nfrom its proven manufacturing base.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/)\n\nYork Space System's new LX/V-CLASS platform is purpose-built for VLEO,\nenabling higher-fidelity observation, resilient orbit diversity, and scaled\ndeployment in a self-cleaning regime.\n\nLX/V-CLASS is engineered for sustained operations at very low altitudes, where\natmospheric drag naturally clears debris from the operating environment.\nPayloads benefit from higher-fidelity observation and a shorter path to the\nground, and constellation architects gain a diversification layer that\ncomplements assets in LEO, MEO, GEO, and cislunar, building the orbit\ndiversity customers need for resilient architectures.\n\nThe platform builds directly on demonstrations accomplished during York’s\nBANE mission, during which the company demonstrated communications and\nattitude control at altitudes down to 200 kilometers. BANE validated the full\nsystem stack required for sustained VLEO operations, including low-altitude\ncommunications and attitude control in a high-drag environment.\n\n“York’s approach to VLEO is grounded in flight results,” said Michael\nLajczok, CTO of York. “BANE demonstrated that we could communicate,\nmaneuver, and hold attitude above 200 kilometers. LX/V-CLASS turns those\nresults into a productized platform that customers can field today at the\ntempo and scale their missions require.”\n\nVLEO is emerging as one of the fastest-growing operational domains in space,\nas commercial and government operators seek higher-quality observation, lower\nlink budgets, and orbit regimes inherently more resilient to both natural\ndebris and hostile action. The regime is well suited to the proliferated,\nrapid-refresh architectures that resilient mission designs require, and it\noperates in a more risk-tolerant environment conducive to deployment at scale.\nLeveraging York’s existing inventory, the LX/V-CLASS can be deployed as\nquickly as six to seven months after contract. LX/V-CLASS extends York's\noperational reach into this segment, adding VLEO to the mission sets the\ncompany already delivers for national security and commercial customers.\n\n“Customers are asking for orbit diversity, and they need suppliers who can\ndeliver at scale from platforms already proven on orbit,” added Lajczok.\n“LX/V-CLASS extends York’s portfolio into VLEO on the strength of the same\nproduction system, supply chain, and the same flight heritage our customers\nrely on today.”\n\nYork’s expansion into VLEO is supported by more than $755 million in\nproduction and supply chain investment that positions the company for rapid\nfielding as customer demand grows. LX/V-CLASS shares subsystems, interfaces,\nand the YORK flight and ground software with the broader product line, drawing\non the same U.S.-based manufacturing base that produces York spacecraft today.\nYork currently operates three constellations and five simultaneous missions, a\nflight-proven foundation that differentiates the company from emerging peers\nstill in development. The LX/V-CLASS introduction continues York's track\nrecord of expanding into adjacent markets from a proven spacecraft prime\nfoundation, broadening both the mission portfolio the company delivers and the\nrange of customers it serves.\n\nAbout York Space Systems\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54597390&newsitemid=20260902433038&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=2&md5=2c60aea98a865854b4acf736fb297e56)\n(NYSE: YSS) is a leading, U.S.-based national defense and commercial prime\nproviding a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national\nsecurity, government, and commercial customers. York is one of the only space\nand defense primes with proprietary hardware and software capabilities\ndesigned to address customers’ complex mission requirements across the\ncritical elements of the entire space ecosystem throughout the mission\nlifecycle. York is purpose built to address evolving national security space\nchallenges and to adapt to the ongoing shift in the U.S. government’s\nmission needs and procurement processes.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the\nmeaning of, and we intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by,\nthe safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and\nuncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. In some cases,\nyou can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as\n“anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “emerging,” “expand,”\n“expect,” “feasibility,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,”\n“plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or the\nnegative of these terms or other comparable terminology. In particular,\nstatements about the use and execution of our production lot, the health of\nour spacecraft, trends in commercial and government customer demand for\nspecific spacecraft platforms or mission types, and our expectations, beliefs,\nplans, strategies, objectives, prospects, assumptions, or future events or\nperformance contained in this press release are forward-looking statements.\n\nFactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those\nexpressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include: any failure of\nour spacecraft systems and related software to operate as intended, resulting\nin claims for product failures, schedule delays or other problems with\nexisting or new products; cost overruns on our contracts, including before\nfinal receipt of a contract; significant competition in the global space and\nsatellite market; our revenue, results of operations and reputation may be\nnegatively impacted if our products contain defects or fail to operate in the\nexpected manner; our failure to establish and maintain important relationships\nwith government agencies and prime contractors; the scarcity or unavailability\nof critical components used to manufacture our products or used in our\ndevelopment programs; the emerging and shifting nature of the market for\nspacecraft platforms and its failure to achieve the growth potential we\nexpect; disruptions in U.S. government operations and funding and budgetary\npriorities of the U.S. government; failure to establish and maintain important\nrelationships with government agencies and other prime or subcontractors;\ndependence on contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and\nour dependence on major customers and vendors; the inability to comply with\nany of our contracts or meet eligibility requirements to obtain certain\ngovernment contracts; and the other factors set forth in our filings with the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on\nthese forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or\nif no date is stated, as of the date of this press release. Actual results may\nvary from the estimates provided. We undertake no intent or obligation to\npublicly update or revise any of the estimates and other forward-looking\nstatements made in this press release, whether as a result of new information,\nfuture events or otherwise, except as required by law.\n\nReferences and links to websites have been provided as a convenience, and the\ninformation contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into\nthis press release. York is not responsible for the content of third-party\nwebsites.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/)\n\nMedia Contact\nSarah Nickell\nSarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:Sarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\nInvestor Contact\nChristopher Evenden\nir@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:ir@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-02T13:00:01.1816935Z","server_sent_at_ms":1788354001181},"received_at":"2026-09-02T13:00:01.277Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902433038/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"122884","press_release_id":"133996","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Aerospace & Defense","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":["No customer contracts or backlog attached to the new platform; demand claims are forward-looking"],"eventType":"product_launch","narrative":"York Space Systems 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