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 plans to fly the LM 400 satellite as part of a technology demonstration strategy to increase technical maturity and provide heritage for spacecraft systems.
Lockheed Martin Ventures increased its fund size from $200,000,000 to $400,000,000.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are procuring satellite buses from partner companies and integrating them for their SDA contracts.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will supply the remaining Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites not produced by York Space Systems.
York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin each won contracts in August 2020 to supply 10 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 0.
Lockheed Martin Ventures began investing in Terran Orbital in 2017 and owns a minority share in Terran Orbital.
The Space Force is buying Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) satellites from Lockheed Martin at a cost of $7,800,000,000 for three GEO satellites and ground systems.
As of 2022-08-28, Lockheed Martin had decided which companies it would work with on its Sustaining Lunar Development proposal but had not disclosed those partners.
Tranche 0 consists of 28 satellites including 20 communications payloads made by Lockheed Martin and York Space and eight missile-tracking infrared sensor satellites made by SpaceX and L3Harris.
Lockheed Martin invested in Terran Orbital to acquire small satellite expertise and strengthen its supply chain.
Blue Canyon Technologies built and delivered Blackjack’s ground test unit to Lockheed Martin in early May of 2022.
The Lunar Trailblazer mission selected Lockheed Martin as the spacecraft subcontractor in July 2020 after the original spacecraft partner ran into design and cost challenges.
Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colorado received a $6,200,000 award for vertical solar array development.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated the LunIR satellite under contract with Lockheed Martin.
The Lunar Trailblazer project team is working with Lockheed Martin to develop a go-forward plan to understand cost to complete and to balance cost, risk, and science return.
Lockheed Martin created LunIR’s infrared sensor and cryocooler to operate in both lunar day and night, map the lunar surface, detect materials, and collect thermal signatures.
Lockheed Martin developed LunIR’s infrared sensor and cryocooler to operate both day and night for mapping the lunar surface, detecting materials, and collecting thermal signatures.
Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colorado received a $6,200,000 award to develop a vertical solar array prototype.
Lockheed Martin created LunIR’s infrared sensor and cryocooler to operate in both day and night for mapping the lunar surface, detecting materials, and collecting thermal signatures.
Lockheed Martin signed a 2021 contract as an anchor customer for up to 58 RS1 launches over the next decade and selected RS1 for a U.K. Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Islands in 2023.