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Maxar

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commercialFounded 2017
www.maxar.com/
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Telesat is currently choosing between two bids to build the Telesat LEO constellation after the separation of Maxar and Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipMay 1, 2020Telesat preparing for mid-2020 constellation manufacturer selection

Maxar Technologies will begin integrating Earth-imaging sensors built by Raytheon Intelligence & Space with WorldView Legion satellites this summer despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mentioned as: Maxar TechnologiesOrg RelationshipMay 1, 2020WorldView Legion remains on track for 2021 launch

Once WorldView Legion sensors are delivered in summer 2020, Maxar plans to begin integrating them with satellites at a rate of about one satellite per month.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipMay 1, 2020WorldView Legion remains on track for 2021 launch

In 2018 NASA planned to purchase Earth observation data from Maxar Technologies, Planet and Spire as part of a pilot program to evaluate commercial data utility.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipApr 17, 2020NASA awards Planet $7 million Earth imagery contract

Maxar won the largest individual NOAA study contract worth nearly $1,000,000.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative FinancialApr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

Maxar’s 1300-series satellite bus is used for geostationary missions and will be the basis for the satellite intended to carry SunRISE.

Mentioned as: maxarTechnical ProductMar 30, 2020NASA selects space science cubesat mission

PSN launched the communications satellite PSN-6, built by Maxar Technologies, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in February 2019.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipMar 24, 2020APT Satellite revenue down as competitors multiply

In a 2020-03-20 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Maxar treated the 2020-03-16 Santa Clara County stay-home order as a force majeure event for its Space Infrastructure business in that county.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductMar 22, 2020Maxar warns pandemic could delay deliveries but work continues

Maxar initially closed its Palo Alto and San Jose facilities after the 2020-03-16 Santa Clara County order but reopened them two days later after determining the company was exempt from the county rule.

Mentioned as: maxarNarrative GeneralMar 22, 2020Maxar warns pandemic could delay deliveries but work continues

Maxar activated its standing pandemic crisis response plan on 2020-03-23 and kept all locations open with limited personnel working onsite for essential operations.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductMar 22, 2020Maxar warns pandemic could delay deliveries but work continues

Maxar Technologies is building Intelsat-40e under a contract first announced in November and formalized in February.

Mentioned as: Maxar TechnologiesOrg RelationshipMar 17, 2020SpaceX to launch Intelsat-40e satellite

Maxar Technologies was selected to build a servicer for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency but relinquished the program in early 2019.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2020Airbus impressed by Northrop Grumman, but remains undecided on satellite servicing

DARPA selected SSL as its commercial partner for the RSGS program in February 2017 over competitor Orbital ATK.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralMar 4, 2020DARPA picks Northrop Grumman as its commercial partner for satellite servicing program

Telesat planned a 300-satellite LEO constellation and was evaluating manufacturers including Maxar Technologies, Thales Alenia Space, and Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipFeb 26, 202020 space industry predictions for 2020

EchoStar executives continue to evaluate ways to add capacity while awaiting the launch of Jupiter-3, a half-terabit satellite Maxar Technologies is building for a 2021 launch.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 26, 2020Yahsat joint venture boosts EchoStar subscriber count

Maxar expected industry GEO satellite orders near the top end of the 10–15 range in 2020.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductFeb 21, 2020Geostationary satellite orders bouncing back

Intelsat is budgeting for five new satellites through 2022, including the already-ordered Galaxy-30 being built by Northrop Grumman and the Intelsat-40e under construction at Maxar Technologies.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipFeb 20, 2020Intelsat to FCC: C-Band Alliance is dead, we deserve more money

Intelsat-40e was ordered from Maxar Technologies to serve as a partial replacement for Intelsat-29e.

Mentioned as: Maxar TechnologiesOrg RelationshipFeb 17, 2020Intelsat revises IS-29e replacement plan, preps second-gen Epic order

Walter Scott, Maxar Technologies executive vice president, remarked that his company prefers to talk less and do more.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 11, 2020The space industry’s B.S. problem

Israel Aerospace Industries nearly shut down its geostationary satellite communications production line in 2018 after Spacecom chose to order the Amos-8 satellite from Space Systems Loral (now Maxar Technologies).

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 11, 2020IAI anticipates additional satellite orders from Israeli government
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