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Maxar

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Maxar plans to launch a batch of two WorldView Legion satellites and a second batch of four WorldView Legion satellites aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/7/2021Maxar still confident Legion constellation will be in orbit in 2022

Maxar had previously projected the WorldView Legion launches would occur in 2021 before postponing the first launch to 2022.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/7/2021Maxar still confident Legion constellation will be in orbit in 2022

Maxar expects to launch all six WorldView Legion imaging satellites in 2022.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/7/2021Maxar still confident Legion constellation will be in orbit in 2022

Maxar plans to launch six WorldView Legion satellites to eventually replace aging WorldView and GeoEye spacecraft.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/5/2021NRO’s strategy to buy satellite imagery shaped by thriving commercial market

Maxar built SiriusXM’s third-generation satellites, the most recent of which was launched earlier 2021.

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/26/2021Maxar Contracted By SiriusXM To Build The SXM-10 Comms Satellite

Maxar Technologies will provide engineering, software development, and geospatial tradecraft in support of NOME under the new contract.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/20/2021Maxar awarded $26M contract to continue development and support for NGA’s NOME

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

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/4/2021National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery

Maxar recorded a $28,000,000 charge in a 2021-05-03 quarterly report associated with the loss of SXM-7.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/6/2021SpaceX launches SiriusXM satellite

Maxar plans to launch the first two spacecraft in its next-generation $600,000,000 WorldView Legion constellation in September.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/29/2021Vega return to flight creates competition for 30-centimeter satellite imagery

Maxar opened a new office in downtown St. Louis’s historic Globe Building in 2019.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/29/2021Maxar advances commitment to build a diverse workforce in St. Louis supporting business growth and geospatial tradecraft

Maxar plans to launch its first two WorldView Legion satellites in September and four additional WorldView Legion satellites about three to six months later on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/25/2021Maxar remains focused on multiyear diversification strategy

For 2020 as a whole, Maxar reported a net loss of $46 million, compared with net income of $83,000,000 for 2019.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL2/25/2021Maxar remains focused on multiyear diversification strategy

Maxar expects to grow its government business by offering commercially developed products and services at firm fixed prices.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/10/2021Maxar executive: Smallsat industry deserves credit for pushing innovation

Maxar plans to launch its first two next-generation WorldView Legion satellites as early as September 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/19/2021Former U.S. Air Force secretary Heather Wilson joins Maxar’s board of directors

Maxar Technologies plans to launch its first two WorldView Legion satellites as early as September 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/6/2020Maxar eyes September 2021 launch for WorldView Legion satellites

Maxar plans to launch the first block of six satellites into its WorldView Legion next-generation Earth imagery constellation in 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/5/2020Maxar studies Legion spacecraft for NOAA weather mission

Maxar attributed most of Space Infrastructure’s $78,000,000 drop in revenue to a sluggish GEO manufacturing market.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/13/2020Maxar announces multi-satellite GEO order as pandemic crimps quarter

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/9/2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation

Maxar recorded a net loss of $26,000,000 for the third quarter, compared with a $289,000,000 net loss for the third quarter of 2018.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL11/4/2019Maxar announces GEO order, property sale and debt refinancing, sizes WorldView Legion at six satellites

Maxar plans to launch WorldView Legion in 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/4/2019Maxar announces GEO order, property sale and debt refinancing, sizes WorldView Legion at six satellites
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