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Space Micro, powered by Voyager Space, is an engineering-driven company that supplies high-performance, radiation-hardened digital, electro-optic, and communication systems for satellites and space exploration. They manufacture products like telemetry transmitters, space cameras, star trackers, and laser communication systems. Space Micro partners with organizations such as the U.S. Space Force, Space Development Agency, and NASA, and works with prime contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. The company focuses on technology advancement and product implementation for commercial, civil, and military space applications.

commercialFounded 2002
San Diego, California, United States
www.spacemicro.com
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Combining Space Micro’s space-based optical communications products with MOCA will provide enhanced LEO constellation capability for one-to-many or point-to-multipoint secure communications.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.6Feb 23, 2022Voyager Space + Space Micro, With BridgeComm, Receive Space Development Agency Contract For Optical Comms

Voyager Space Inc. and Space Micro, Inc., powered by Voyager, received a 24-month development contract from the Space Development Agency for advanced one-to-many optical communications using Managed Optical Communication Array (MOCA) technology to support Low Earth Orbit constellations.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.3Feb 23, 2022Voyager Space + Space Micro, With BridgeComm, Receive Space Development Agency Contract For Optical Comms

Space Micro partnered with Johns Hopkins University to develop an adaptive optics solution that uses deformable mirrors to transmit a laser signal through atmospheric turbulence.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Jan 26, 2022USSF Presents Space Micro With An Air-To-Space Lasercom Development Contract

Space Micro partnered with Rhea Space Activity to develop an adaptive optics solution that uses deformable mirrors to transmit a laser signal through atmospheric turbulence.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 26, 2022USSF Presents Space Micro With An Air-To-Space Lasercom Development Contract

Space Micro won a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 1 contract from AFWERX to develop an air-to-space laser communications pod.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Jan 25, 2022AFWERX to fund development of laser terminal that connects military aircraft with satellites

Voyager Space Inc. announced a strategic agreement on 2021-11-22 expressing intent to acquire Space Micro.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 10, 2022Voyager Space Completes Acquisition Of Space Micro

Space Micro has multiple active contracts to provide X-band transponders for two lunar missions selected under NASA’s Artemis program.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.2Jan 10, 2022Voyager Space Completes Acquisition Of Space Micro

Space Micro has provided technology to the U.S. Department of Defense including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) space payloads, laser secure communications terminals, and digital RF-to-optical and optical-to-RF signal converters.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 22, 2021Strategic Agreement Signed By Voyager Space + Space Micro

Space Micro was awarded a contract to deliver ten Nanocom Software Defined Radios via Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellite constellation.

RelationshipsPlanValue 5.0Nov 22, 2021Strategic Agreement Signed By Voyager Space + Space Micro

Space Micro has won contracts and established partnerships in recent years with government agencies and companies seeking access to its optical communications technology and software-defined radios.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 2.5Nov 22, 2021Voyager Space acquires majority stake in Space Micro

Space Micro has a NASA contract to provide X-band transponders for two lunar missions selected under the Artemis program.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Nov 22, 2021Strategic Agreement Signed By Voyager Space + Space Micro

Space Micro announced a contract in October to deliver ten Nanocom software-defined radios to Lockheed Martin for inclusion in the satellites Lockheed Martin is building for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0 constellation.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.5Nov 22, 2021Voyager Space acquires majority stake in Space Micro

Space Micro invested in facility upgrades and capital equipment to expand its manufacturing capacity for space subsystems.

GrowthCapabilityFinancialValue 3.5Oct 14, 2021Space Micro Expands Their Manufacturing Capabilities For Space Subsystems

Space Micro received an 8-foot-long by 5-foot-diameter thermal vacuum test system for qualification testing.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Oct 14, 2021Space Micro Expands Their Manufacturing Capabilities For Space Subsystems

Space Micro targets programs requiring between 40 and 1,200 subsystem units per program to support higher production volumes.

CapabilityGrowthValue 3.5Oct 14, 2021Space Micro Expands Their Manufacturing Capabilities For Space Subsystems

Space Micro finalized construction of expanded testing and qualification areas at its 43,000-square-foot headquarters in San Diego last month.

GrowthCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 14, 2021Space Micro Expands Their Manufacturing Capabilities For Space Subsystems

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) awarded Space Micro Inc. a contract to deliver ten Ka-band Nanocom Software Defined Radios in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellite constellation.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 5.0Oct 5, 2021Space Micro To Deliver 10 Nanocom SDRs To Lockheed Martin For The SDA’s Tranche 0 Satellite Constellation

Space Micro will deliver Nanocom flight models to Lockheed Martin by the close of 2021.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.5Oct 5, 2021Space Micro To Deliver 10 Nanocom SDRs To Lockheed Martin For The SDA’s Tranche 0 Satellite Constellation

The award to Space Micro Inc. is for over $1,650,000 and covers an 18-month performance period.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Sep 22, 2021SOCOM Awards Space Micro $1.65+ Million For Space ISR Payload

Space Micro Inc. was selected by U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida to develop an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance space payload for future SOCOM missions.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 22, 2021SOCOM Awards Space Micro $1.65+ Million For Space ISR Payload
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