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Lockheed Martin

US
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Lockheed Martin opened a 20,000-square-foot small satellite processing center scaled to assemble, integrate, and test smallsats.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 21, 2023Lockheed Martin to deliver 36 smallsats to Advance SDA’s Comms Network

To date Lockheed Martin has won Space Development Agency contracts for 88 satellites and Northrop Grumman has won orders for 92 satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 21, 2023Space Development Agency awards contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman for 72 satellites

Terran Orbital raised $255,000,000 in total proceeds from the SPAC merger when including a concurrent PIPE supported by companies including Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 16, 2023Terran Orbital expects $180 million payment from Rivada Space this year

Terran Orbital has a smaller deal with Lockheed Martin to deliver 10 satellites for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency missile-tracking LEO constellation.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 16, 2023Terran Orbital expects $180 million payment from Rivada Space this year

The Space Development Agency has ordered 52 satellites from Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2023Space Development Agency shaking up how the military buys satellites

Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris are building Space Development Agency satellites using commercial buses from Terran Orbital, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, and Maxar Technologies, respectively.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2023Space Development Agency shaking up how the military buys satellites

Lockheed Martin’s NGI solution is designed to increase warfighter capability and provide an improved defensive solution for complex battlespaces now and in the future.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2023Lockheed Martin’s nexgen interceptor program completes subsystem PDRs at accelerated pace

Lockheed Martin is developing more than 50 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin Opens State of the Art Facility for Small Satellites Development

The Space Development Agency contracted Lockheed Martin to build 10 Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites that are ready for launch this summer.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites

Lockheed Martin’s 10 Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites are expected to launch 2023.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites

Lockheed Martin won a $700,000,000 contract in February 2022 to produce Tranche 1 satellites using buses made by Terran Orbital.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin’s data-transport satellite clears design review

Lockheed Martin is building 42 space vehicles for the SDA’s Tranche 1 transport layer constellation.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites

Lockheed Martin worked with the Space Development Agency to validate the Tranche 1 satellite and ground designs, including supplier designs.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin’s data-transport satellite clears design review

Lockheed Martin designed the new facility to support delivery of 180 satellites or more per year.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites

The 10 Tranche 0 satellites built by Lockheed Martin, one Tranche 0 satellite from York Space Systems, and two missile-tracking satellites made by SpaceX total 13 satellites for the upcoming launch.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin’s data-transport satellite clears design review

Lockheed Martin’s 42 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites will move into processing in the new factory to support a 2024 launch.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin Opens State of the Art Facility for Small Satellites Development

With completion of the CDR, Lockheed Martin began the integration and testing phase of the Tranche 1 program using the company’s new 20,000-square-foot small satellite processing facility.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites

Lockheed Martin will assemble and test the Tranche 1 satellites at a new facility designed for small-satellite production.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin’s data-transport satellite clears design review

The facility includes a 20,000-square-foot low bay clean room on Lockheed Martin’s Waterton campus.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin Opens State of the Art Facility for Small Satellites Development

Lockheed Martin’s 10 Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites are expected to launch 2023.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2023Lockheed Martin Opens State of the Art Facility for Small Satellites Development
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