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 LM 400 launch carried a Lockheed Martin narrowband communications electronically steered array payload.
In December 2021, NASA formalized its partnership with Lockheed Martin on Starlab through a $160 million Space Act Agreement under the Commercial LEO Destinations Phase 1 program.
Lockheed Martin completed the core assembly phase of GPS IIIF Space Vehicle 11 (GPS IIIF SV11).
Lockheed Martin says the LM 400 satellite bus has up to 1,100 kg of payload capacity.
Lockheed Martin produces GPS IIIF satellites at its Denver, Colorado facility.
Lockheed Martin is accelerating production at its Denver facility using augmented reality and digital twins.
Airbus Defence and Space took over the technical integration role for Starlab after Lockheed Martin exited the principal position.
On April 29, 2025, Lockheed Martin launched an LM 400 mid-sized satellite bus on Firefly Aerospace's Alpha Flight 6 mission from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
In December 2025, Lockheed Martin won a $1.1 billion firm-fixed-price Other Transaction Authority agreement for 18 Tranche 3 Tracking Layer satellites.
In August 2023, Lockheed Martin stepped out of the Starlab principal role.
Lockheed Martin's original role in Starlab was to serve as the manufacturer and technical integrator for a large inflatable habitat module.
Lockheed Martin says its Small Satellite Processing and Delivery Center operates six parallel assembly lines with a stated capacity of up to 180 spacecraft per year.
Lockheed Martin is currently working on the GPS IIIF SV22 contract.
Lockheed Martin has a named position within the expanded $185 billion Golden Dome for America program roster.
The OTA winners are Anduril Industries, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GITAI USA Inc, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar Inc, RTX’s Raytheon Company, Sci-Tec Inc, SpaceX, True Anomaly Inc, and Turion Space Corp.
Major Andre Ball moved from an Education with Industry assignment at Lockheed Martin to help draft the U.S. Space Force’s Future Operating Environment 2040 strategy.
Lockheed Martin is under contract to build 12 GPS IIIF satellites.
Lockheed Martin’s $25 million investment in Fortem Technologies is the first tranche of Fortem’s Series B financing round.
The investment will help Fortem Technologies expand deployment within Lockheed Martin’s Sanctum anti-UAS ecosystem.
Lockheed Martin and Fortem Technologies are jointly developing next-generation artificial intelligence, edge computing, and high-resolution radar capabilities.