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Maxar

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commercialFounded 2017
www.maxar.com/
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Maxar’s imagery sector revenue rose by $615,000,000 in 2018 compared to 2017, primarily due to the inclusion of DigitalGlobe’s revenue.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative FinancialMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Space Systems Loral generated $821,000,000 of Maxar’s space systems sector revenue in 2018.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative FinancialMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Maxar lost $8,000,000 on a firm fixed-price contract identified in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing released 2019-03-01.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Maxar recorded a $162,000,000 impairment for the loss of the WorldView-4 satellite, which was insured for $183,000,000.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative FinancialMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Maxar filed an insurance claim for the loss of WorldView-4 and expects to receive the $183,000,000 insurance payment.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Maxar is partnered with Thales Alenia Space on a proposal to build Telesat’s broadband LEO constellation that leverages developments from the WorldView Legion effort.

Mentioned as: MaxarOrg RelationshipFeb 28, 2019Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business

SSL had planned to provide a satellite bus for RSGS that would combine with servicing hardware developed by the Naval Research Lab to demonstrate GEO satellite repair capabilities.

Mentioned as: SSLTechnical ProductFeb 28, 2019Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business

MDA is a Maxar Technologies company that led a coalition of space-related organizations lobbying the Canadian federal government in the fall of 2018 for increased space funding and participation in the Lunar Gateway project.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 28, 2019Canada becomes first nation to formally commit to NASA’s lunar Gateway

Maxar Technologies decided not to sell or shut down its commercial geostationary orbit satellite business and will restructure it with greater emphasis on smaller satellites and government customers.

Mentioned as: Maxar TechnologiesTechnical ProductFeb 28, 2019Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business

Maxar terminated its agreement with DARPA on the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program on 2019-01-30.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductFeb 28, 2019Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business

Maxar sold one building at SSL’s Palo Alto, California campus in December for $70,000,000.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative FinancialFeb 28, 2019Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business

Maxar reported a $1,260,000,000 loss in 2018 driven primarily by impairments taken during the year.

Mentioned as: MaxarTechnical ProductFeb 28, 2019Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business

SSL built Nusantara Satu with chemical and electrical propulsion.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 21, 2019SpaceX launches satellites, moon mission on Falcon 9

SSL is using an approach for hosting S5 on Nusantara Satu that was honed during a DARPA experiment that carried a smallsat aboard Hispasat-30W-6.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 21, 2019SpaceX launches satellites, moon mission on Falcon 9

EchoStar ordered the Jupiter-3 satellite from Space Systems Loral in 2017.

Mentioned as: space systems loralTechnical ProductFeb 21, 2019Echostar’s take on high-throughput satellites: best bought one at a time

The Beresheet lander and the Air Force Research Laboratory smallsat are riding onboard Nusantara Satu and will separate from the satellite using techniques SSL developed as part of DARPA’s Payload Orbital Delivery System experiment.

Mentioned as: Space Systems LoralOrg RelationshipFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

PSN originally contracted Boeing to build Nusantara Satu but switched the contract to Space Systems Loral (SSL) in 2014.

Mentioned as: sslOrg RelationshipFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

SSL deployed a previously unpublicized DARPA smallsat from Hispasat 30W-6 using the PODS system in the prior year.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

PSN obtained export-credit financing for Nusantara Satu from Export Development Canada, aided by the fact that MDA Corp., SSL’s parent company at the time, was based in Canada.

Mentioned as: SSLOrg RelationshipFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

SSL worked with Spaceflight Inc., which secured two rideshares that will launch with Nusantara Satu.

Mentioned as: MaxarNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey
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