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 payload for the 2020-06-30 launch cost $568,000,000 and was the third GPS III satellite built by Lockheed Martin.
The Next-Gen OPIR constellation consists of three geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites built by Lockheed Martin and two polar-coverage highly elliptical orbit satellites built by Northrop Grumman.
The military is supporting three capsules: SpaceX Crew Dragon, Boeing Starliner, and Lockheed Martin Orion.
Lockheed Martin received a $2,900,000,000 contract in August 2018 to build three Next-Gen OPIR geosynchronous satellites.
Lockheed Martin selected Raytheon and the Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team as subcontractors for the Next-Gen OPIR mission payloads in October 2018.
Lockheed Martin received more than $3,000,000,000 in sole-source contracts to develop and produce three geosynchronous Next-Gen OPIR satellites.
Lockheed Martin develops the reusable Ascent Element vehicle and leads crewed flight operations and training for the National Team.
Lockheed Martin will perform the Blackjack satellite integration work at its satellite manufacturing plant in Sunnyvale, California.
DARPA awarded Lockheed Martin a $5,800,000 contract for satellite integration work for the Blackjack program on 2020-04-24.
Lockheed Martin’s space unit net sales rose from $2,640,000,000 in the first quarter of 2019 to $2,917,000,000 in the first quarter of 2020.
Lockheed Martin attributed the decline in space unit operating profit from 2019-01-01 to 2020-01-01 to lower risk retirements for government satellite programs and a $35,000,000 drop in earnings from its stake in United Launch Alliance.
Lockheed Martin’s space unit recorded an operating profit of $281,000,000 in the first quarter of 2020.
Lockheed Martin reduced its projected net sales for 2020 by $375,000,000 because of the effects of the pandemic on its aeronautics division.
Lockheed Martin’s space unit recorded an operating profit of $334,000,000 in the first quarter of 2019.
The $500,000,000 GPS 3 satellite will be stored at Lockheed Martin’s Astrotech processing facility in Florida until the Space Force sets a new launch date.
Lockheed Martin built the GPS 3 satellite that will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Lockheed Martin was selected as the prime contractor for the Space Fence in 2014.
Lockheed Martin received a $462,000,000 contract in December 2018 to add cybersecurity enhancements and maintain the COps system until 2025.
United Launch Alliance was established in 2006 as a Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture to consolidate their launch businesses.
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded PTS contracts to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman to develop jam-resistant communications payloads.