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Lockheed Martin

US
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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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 is developing more than 50 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer.

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 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

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 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

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: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites

Under a separate $187,500,000 contract awarded in August 2020, Lockheed Martin built 10 satellites for the Tranche 0 Transport Layer.

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

The Lockheed Martin facility features a 20,000-square-foot, low bay clean room located on the Waterton campus.

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 build 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

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

Tranche 1 Transport Layer will be the first program hosted by Lockheed Martin’s new small satellite processing facility.

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

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 won a $187,500,000 contract in November 2020 to manufacture 10 Transport Layer Tranche 0 satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2023Lockheed Martin opens new factory focused on small satellites

The Transport Layer Tranche 1 satellites are projected to launch in late 2024 and will be manufactured at Lockheed Martin’s new smallsat factory.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2023Lockheed Martin opens new factory focused on small satellites

The Transport Layer Tranche 0 satellites were assembled at a different Lockheed Martin facility where the company manufactures Global Positioning System spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2023Lockheed Martin opens new factory focused on small satellites

Lockheed Martin won a $700,000,000 contract in February 2022 to produce 42 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2023Lockheed Martin opens new factory focused on small satellites

Intelsat launched 10 satellites throughout 1997 using a diversity of rockets including Arianespace’s Ariane 4, Lockheed Martin’s Atlas 2, and Russia’s Proton.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2023SpaceX launches Intelsat’s last C-band clearing satellite

Kirk Shireman, vice president of Lunar Exploration Campaigns at Lockheed Martin Space, supports using nuclear thermal propulsion to transport humans and materials to the Moon and to enable a safe, reusable nuclear tug for cislunar operations.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2023DARPA selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft

Lockheed Martin partnered with BWX Technologies to develop the nuclear reactor and produce the HALEU fuel for the DRACO project.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2023DARPA selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft

Lockheed Martin won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft under the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) project.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductJul 31, 2023DARPA selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft

Lockheed Martin is cooperating with BWXT to develop the DRACO spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2023Nuclear space gets hot
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