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Maxar

US
commercialFounded 2017
www.maxar.com/
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Maxar Technologies has been building satellites for SiriusXM since 2000.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2021Forrester’s Digest: A New Satellite For SiriusXM + Hughes Seeking LATAM Capacity

Maxar Technologies built SiriusXM’s first-generation Sirius satellites launched in 2000 and second-generation Sirius satellites launched in 2009 and 2013.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2021Forrester’s Digest: A New Satellite For SiriusXM + Hughes Seeking LATAM Capacity

Maxar Technologies will build the SXM-9 satellite at its manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2021Forrester’s Digest: A New Satellite For SiriusXM + Hughes Seeking LATAM Capacity

Maxar expects to launch the WorldView Legion satellites between March and June 2022 due to component delays affecting the schedule.

Mentioned as: maxarNarrative GrowthAug 4, 2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

The agency exercised the second of three one-year options on Maxar’s EnhancedView Follow-On contract signed in 2018.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

SXM-8 is built on Maxar’s 1300-class satellite platform.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductAug 4, 2021Maxar’s SXM-8 Satellite Completes In-Orbit Testing Now Ready for SiriusXM Service

Maxar and SiriusXM employees posed for a photo with the Maxar-built SXM-8 ahead of encapsulation in the fairing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2021Maxar’s SXM-8 Satellite Completes In-Orbit Testing Now Ready for SiriusXM Service

The National Reconnaissance Office exercised a contract option to procure satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies through August 2022.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

Maxar is building the WorldView Legion constellation, which was originally scheduled to start launching in 2021 but is now projected to slip into 2022.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

Maxar operates four high-resolution imaging satellites: WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and GeoEye-1.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

SXM-8 is the ninth high-powered digital audio radio satellite built by Maxar for SiriusXM.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2021Maxar’s SXM-8 Satellite Completes In-Orbit Testing Now Ready for SiriusXM Service

Star One D2 was built on Maxar’s 1300-class platform at Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility.

Mentioned as: maxarNarrative GeneralAug 1, 2021Flight VA254 Successfully Launched By Arianespace, Lifting Star One D2 + EUTELSAT QUANTUM To Their Assigned Orbits

EMDYN partnered with Maxar as a supplier of satellite imagery for integration with EMDYN’s Geo Module.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductJul 30, 2021EMDYN and Maxar sign agreement to integrate Maxar imagery fully into Geo Module

Harris-Stowe held a GeoHornet Mapathon at T-REX earlier 2021 with participation by Maxar and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductJul 15, 2021Harris-Stowe State University unveils satellite location focused on advancing academic opportunities

Spacecom ordered a satellite called Amos-8 from Maxar Technologies in 2018 to replace Amos-6 but canceled the contract after Israel’s government decided the satellite would be built domestically.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipJul 12, 2021Spacecom extends AsiaSat satellite leasing deal

Maxar has a multi-year, $35,000,000 contract to provide WorldView Legion satellite constellation capacity to a key international defense and intelligence customer.

Mentioned as: maxarTechnical ProductJul 8, 2021Maxar’s Worldview Legion Constellation Receives Capacity Contract

Maxar’s Direct Access Program offers committed availability and data distribution rights designed to fit customer mission needs.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralJul 8, 2021Maxar’s Worldview Legion Constellation Receives Capacity Contract

Companies that received NOAA contracts in 2020 included Ball Aerospace, L3Harris Technologies, Raytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics, and York Space Systems.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralJul 7, 2021NOAA to take first step toward a small satellite constellation

Satellogic projects it can provide imagery at a cost per square kilometer roughly 100 times cheaper than competitors such as Airbus, BlackSky, Maxar, and Planet.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipJul 6, 2021Satellogic to public through SPAC deal

Maxar Technologies delivered 3D data products and high-resolution satellite imagery to the Australian Department of Defence under recent multi-million-dollar contracts.

Mentioned as: Maxar TechnologiesOrg RelationshipJun 25, 2021Maxar to support national security missions for the Australian Department of Defence
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