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Maxar

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commercialFounded 2017
www.maxar.com/
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Maxar Technologies was selected by the U.S. Army Geospatial Center to deliver multiple highly portable, direct-downlink tactical ground systems.

Mentioned as: maxar technologiesNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2020U.S. Army selects Maxar to deliver portable satellite imagery ground systems

Maxar received a sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at up to $49,000,000 over eight years from the U.S. Army Geospatial Center.

Mentioned as: maxarOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2020U.S. Army selects Maxar to deliver portable satellite imagery ground systems

Planet’s SkySats provide roughly 50-centimeter resolution and Maxar provides roughly 30-centimeter or better imaging resolution.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralSep 21, 2020BlackSky eyes niche role in geospatial intelligence market

With the final order, Intelsat has tasked Maxar with building five C-band satellites and Northrop Grumman with building two for Intelsat.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductSep 17, 2020Intelsat taps Maxar for fifth C-band satellite, capping order spree

John Neer founded Space Imaging, which later merged with DigitalGlobe and became part of Maxar Technologies.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralSep 17, 2020Astranis adds former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin to advisory board

Intelsat contracted Maxar Technologies to build the Galaxy-37 communications satellite.

Mentioned as: maxar technologiesTechnical ProductSep 17, 2020Intelsat taps Maxar for fifth C-band satellite, capping order spree

Maxar will build Galaxy-37 at its Palo Alto, California factory on a 1300-class platform.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2020Intelsat taps Maxar for fifth C-band satellite, capping order spree

Maxar won a $375,000,000 contract to develop a solar electric propulsion spacecraft for NASA’s lunar Gateway.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2020Al Tadros joins Redwire as chief growth officer and executive vice president

Al Tadros has worked at Maxar and its predecessors Space Systems Loral and Ford Aerospace since 1990.

Mentioned as: Space Systems LoralOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2020Al Tadros joins Redwire as chief growth officer and executive vice president

For its sixth challenge, SpaceNet created an open-source dataset that combined Capella Space synthetic aperture radar imagery with Maxar WorldView-2 electro-optical imagery and asked competitors to automatically identify building footprints.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralAug 19, 2020SpaceNet launches new challenge with Planet dataset

B-SAT ordered Bsat-4b from Maxar Technologies in 2018 with the intention of having the satellite in orbit ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which were postponed to 2021.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Galaxy-30 is a replacement for Intelsat's Galaxy-14 satellite, an 11-year-old satellite from Maxar Technologies that launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V in 2009.

Mentioned as: maxar technologiesTechnical ProductAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Intelsat has ordered six C-band replacement satellites—four from Maxar Technologies and two from Northrop Grumman—and is pursuing $4,870,000,000 in accelerated spectrum clearing payments while negotiating with manufacturers for one more satellite.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Luxembourg-based Intelsat says it needs seven replacement satellites and has ordered six, selecting Maxar Technologies to build four and Northrop Grumman to build two.

Mentioned as: Maxar TechnologiesTechnical ProductAug 7, 2020SES taps Thales Alenia Space for final two C-band replacement satellites

Maxar received a study contract from Telesat two years ago to design an architecture for the Telesat LEO broadband constellation with then-partner Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition

Maxar Technologies no longer expects, at least initially, to win any manufacturing contracts for Telesat’s planned roughly 300-satellite broadband megaconstellation called Telesat LEO.

Mentioned as: maxar technologiesTechnical ProductAug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition

Maxar reported net income of $306,000,000 on revenues of $439,000,000 for the three months ended 2020-06-30.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative FinancialAug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition

Maxar and Thales Alenia Space terminated their collaboration on the Telesat LEO architecture in late 2019.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductAug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition

Approximately 63% of Maxar’s revenue came from its Earth observation business, which includes the WorldView satellites and geospatial intelligence products and services.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductAug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition

Maxar is evaluating ways to apply the satellite bus it designed for Telesat LEO to other commercial constellations and to defense and intelligence customers.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductAug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition
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