Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company heavily involved in the space industry. As a manufacturer and systems integrator, they develop and produce commercial and military satellites, space probes, missile defense systems, and spacecraft, including NASA's Orion spacecraft. Lockheed Martin partners with organizations like NASA, ESA, and the U.S. Space Force, providing key technologies and services for space exploration, earth observation, and national security missions.
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The 2024-06-21 contract extension brings the total value of Lockheed Martin’s contract for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program to $8,200,000,000.
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin conducted a planned flight test of the unarmed, developmental Mk21A reentry vehicle in the Pacific Ocean on 2024-06-17.
Lockheed Martin has been selected by NASA to develop and build the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) weather satellite constellation for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
GeoXO will continue and expand observations provided by the Lockheed Martin-built GOES-R Series geostationary satellites to include new observations of oceans and air pollution.
Lockheed Martin has built and launched more than 120 weather and environmental spacecraft for U.S. government civil and military agencies over more than 50 years.
Lockheed Martin will develop and build the next generation of U.S. geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the contract awarded 2024-06-18.
Lockheed Martin built the current Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) series.
Vehicle 1019 was ultimately deemed untrustworthy and never flew again after being returned to Lockheed's assembly facility.
Lockheed engineers created a system to test the sequencer without triggering the Hustler's equipment after diagnosing the problem.
The Space Force plans to buy two new narrowband communications satellites from either Lockheed Martin or Boeing to modernize the existing MUOS constellation.
The Firefly–Lockheed Martin agreement commits Lockheed Martin to 15 launch reservations and 10 optional launches.
Firefly Aerospace signed a multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket through 2029.
The first Lockheed Martin mission under the agreement will fly on Alpha flight 6 (FLTA006) from Firefly’s SLC-2 launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base later 2024.
Under the agreement, Firefly’s Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin spacecraft into low Earth orbit from Firefly’s west-coast and east-coast facilities.
Firefly signed a contract with Lockheed Martin announced 2024-06-05 for dedicated launches aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket.
Lockheed Martin assessed that its December 2023 payload exceeded expectations and successfully completed all primary mission objectives despite the unplanned orbital insertion.
Under the agreement, Firefly will provide Lockheed Martin with as many as 25 dedicated launches aboard its Alpha rocket through 2029.
In 2021 Lockheed Martin signed an agreement to launch up to 58 payloads with ABL Space.
NASA awarded three contracts on 2024-05-31 with a combined value of $17,500,000 to BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman to work on concepts such as ultra-stable optics and a deployable baffle for the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will support the U.S. Army to sustain the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon system currently in the hands of U.S. soldiers, produce additional batteries for future fielding, and support flight testing.