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Maxar Intelligence secured contracts worth $35,000,000 to provide satellite imagery and analytics services to two undisclosed Asia-Pacific governments.
Maxar Intelligence successfully launched four WorldView Legion satellites in 2024, with two launches in May and two launches in August.
Maxar expects to launch all six WorldView Legion satellites by the end of 2024.
Maxar Space Systems plans to launch an additional four WorldView Legion satellites later in 2024.
The full Maxar constellation of 10 electro-optical satellites is planned to image the most rapidly changing areas on Earth as frequently as every 20 to 30 minutes from sunup to sundown.
The full Maxar constellation of 10 electro-optical satellites will image the most rapidly changing areas on Earth as frequently as every 20 to 30 minutes from sunup to sundown.
Maxar’s largest contract is a $3.2 billion, 10-year agreement with the National Reconnaissance Office to supply imagery and other services.
During his tenure at Maxar, GeoEye, and DigitalGlobe, Tony Frazier won billions of dollars in new contract awards and incubated two new businesses that scaled above $100,000,000.
Tony Frazier worked at Maxar, GeoEye, and DigitalGlobe during which he won billions of dollars in new contract awards and incubated two businesses scaled above $100,000,000.
On 2024-01-04, Maxar Technologies secured a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide advanced satellite imagery and data for 3D maps and models.
JUPITER 3 is the largest commercial communications satellite ever manufactured in Maxar Space Systems’ Palo Alto, California facility.
The Maxar Intelligence press release announcing the leadership changes was issued on 2023-10-30 from Westminster, Colorado.
Excluding the Maxar take-private transaction, Q2 2023 was the lowest quarter for private market investment in the space industry since 2015.
Maxar has not announced any new customers for the Maxar 300 bus.
Private equity firms are increasingly responsible for some of the largest transactions in the space industry, including Advent’s completed $6,400,000,000 acquisition of Maxar Technologies.
Maxar Technologies secured a contract in early 2023 from Dish Network for a geostationary communications satellite.
The satellite bus selected by L3Harris for the SDA Tracking Layer is the smallest bus in Maxar’s product line and is designed for proliferated constellations requiring faster production rates.
After the first delivery in early 2024, Maxar plans to produce satellite buses at an approximate rate of two per month.
Maxar plans to deploy six WorldView Legion satellites into sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits using three separate Falcon 9 rockets.
Maxar’s satellites manufactured for DISH since 1999 include several of the largest commercial satellites ever built.