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Maxar

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commercialFounded 2017
www.maxar.com/
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Maxar budgeted $600,000,000 for the WorldView Legion constellation.

Mentioned as: maxarTechnical ProductNov 4, 2019Maxar announces GEO order, property sale and debt refinancing, sizes WorldView Legion at six satellites

Maxar continues to work closely with Telesat on its future architecture plans and continues to make progress on the Telesat LEO program.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2019Maxar-Thales Alenia Space team breaks up, now competing separately for Telesat LEO

Maxar Technologies is developing an articulating robotic arm with a friction-milling tool that operates at 3,000 revolutions per minute.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2019Nanoracks forges agreement with Maritime Launch, plans test of Outpost technology

In June 2019 the National Reconnaissance Office awarded study contracts to BlackSky, Maxar Technologies, and Planet to evaluate how commercial imagery providers could satisfy NRO needs relative to EnhancedView.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipOct 15, 2019NRO awards imagery subscription contract to Planet

James Loman is a senior distinguished engineer of flight assurance at Maxar Technologies.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Manufacturers say wider range of satellites they build is stressing mission assurance

Maxar Technologies’ former SSL division initially assembled a team without mission assurance specialists for smallsat projects.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Manufacturers say wider range of satellites they build is stressing mission assurance

NASA’s Restore-L satellite servicing program is being developed by Maxar under a NASA contract to demonstrate refueling of legacy satellites using Landsat-7 as the planned target.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipOct 7, 2019Industry weighs government’s role in satellite servicing

Deployable Space Systems has a contract dated 2019-10-01 to provide Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA) flexible blanket arrays to Maxar Technologies for the Power and Propulsion Element of the Gateway.

Mentioned as: maxar technologiesTechnical ProductOct 3, 2019Maxar selects Deployable Space Systems to build solar arrays for Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element

SSL’s new modular spacecraft platform supports remote sensing payloads and geostationary communications payloads.

Mentioned as: SSLTechnical ProductOct 2, 2019Maxar weaving components into new business ventures

Maxar is applying the Legion platform to Ovzon-3, a geostationary communications satellite for Swedish broadband company Ovzon.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductOct 2, 2019Maxar weaving components into new business ventures

Azerspace-2 was built by Maxar Technologies and has coverage of Europe, the Middle East, parts of Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralOct 2, 2019ST Engineering completes Newtec purchase • Azerspace-2 reaches 80% fill rate

The Australian Department of Defense made an $83,000,000 investment to build regional coverage with Maxar, enabling early operational use of Maxar’s virtual solution.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2019Maxar weaving components into new business ventures

Maxar is pursuing opportunities to sell satellites to the U.S. Defense Department and to attract new commercial customers and hosted-payload missions using its satellite manufacturing expertise from SSL.

Mentioned as: SSLOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2019Maxar weaving components into new business ventures

Maxar’s WorldView Legion constellation is due to begin launching in 2021.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralOct 2, 2019Maxar weaving components into new business ventures

Maxar won study contracts with Planet and BlackSky from the National Reconnaissance Office in June to assess commercial provider capabilities.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2019Maxar weaving components into new business ventures

DIU posted high-resolution images of 550,230 buildings from 10 different countries obtained from Maxar’s DigitalGlobe Open Data Program.

Mentioned as: DigitalGlobeOrg RelationshipSep 26, 2019Defense Innovation Unit launches new satellite imagery prize challenge

Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-3 satellite, launched in 2014, is capable of collecting 25-centimeter-resolution imagery, the highest resolution Maxar is permitted to sell commercially.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralSep 26, 2019Top secret Twitter: How trolling Iran with classified satellite imagery could backfire on the U.S.

Israel Aerospace Industries nearly closed its communications satellite business last year before the Israeli government required Amos-8 to be built domestically rather than by Maxar Technologies in California.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipSep 23, 2019Argentina, Turkey wade into tough GEO manufacturing market with joint venture

The PPE is based on Maxar Technologies’ 1300-series commercial satellite bus and will provide power and electrical propulsion for the Gateway.

Mentioned as: Maxar TechnologiesTechnical ProductSep 17, 2019Gateway development remains on track

Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-4 imaging satellite failed in orbit in January 2019, resulting in a $183,000,000 insurance claim that insurers fully paid out by May 2019.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2019Space insurance rates increasing as insurers review their place in the market
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