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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Lockheed Martin developed a second-generation SBAS that uses GPS L1/L5 and Galileo E1/E5 signals to provide more accurate navigation and reduce dependence on any one system.
In May 2022 in Davos, Filecoin Foundation and Lockheed Martin initiated an effort to deploy IPFS in space to improve the speed of long-distance data transfer.
Terran Orbital expanded facilities in California to accelerate production of satellite buses it is providing to Lockheed Martin for a Space Development Agency contract.
Terran Orbital canceled plans to build a commercial remote-sensing constellation in late 2022 and shifted focus to producing space hardware for NASA, the Department of Defense, and strategic investor Lockheed Martin.
SpaceX launched the U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2023-01-18.
Lockheed Martin selected the RS1 rocket to perform its U.K. Pathfinder launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands later in 2023.
The Falcon 9 launched the Lockheed Martin-built GPS 3 SV-06, the sixth satellite of the GPS 3 series.
Lockheed Martin is a strategic investor in ABL Space Systems and signed a contract in April 2021 for as many as 58 RS1 launches through the end of the decade.
Terran Orbital completed delivery of 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of a Space Development Agency project in December.
Lockheed Martin invested $100,000,000 in Terran Orbital in November and increased its ownership stake from around 9% to over 30%.
Terran Orbital’s operations team demonstrated the ability to rapidly re-task GEOStare SV2 to assemble a catalog of thousands of images to support an independent research project led by Lockheed Martin.
Terran Orbital’s GEOStare SV2 spacecraft completed a commercial data services imagery contract for Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin and Maxar won $5,000,000 contracts in July to define the GeoXO spacecraft concept, mature related technologies, and assess satellite performance, risk, cost, and schedule.
Lockheed Martin selected RS1 to perform its U.K. Pathfinder launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands later in 2023.
Lockheed Martin signed a contract in April 2021 for as many as 58 RS1 launches through the end of the decade.
GOES West is equipped with a Geostationary Lightning Mapper and a Solar Ultraviolet Imager built by Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin is providing its mid-sized LM 400 bus to host a Raytheon infrared sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force’s first missile tracking capability at medium Earth orbit.
GMV signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin Corporation to develop the processing and control centers for SouthPAN.
Terran Orbital delivered the final of ten satellite buses to prime contractor Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer.
Terran Orbital delivered ten Tranche 0 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer.