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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Lockheed Martin signed a 2021 contract as an anchor customer for up to 58 RS1 launches over the next decade and selected RS1 for a U.K. Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Islands in 2023.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 19, 2022Big plans for mini-launchers

Lockheed Martin developed LunIR’s infrared sensor and cryocooler to operate in both lunar day and night and to map the lunar surface, detect materials, and collect thermal signatures.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 18, 2022Terran Orbital Delivers LunIR To Cape Canaveral For Artemis 1 Launch

Lockheed Martin built the SBIRS GEO-6 satellite through Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California.

Mentioned as: Lockheed Martin SpaceTechnical ProductAug 11, 2022US Space Force Launches Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s LM 2100 Combat Bus provides cyber hardening, resiliency features, enhanced spacecraft power, and improved propulsion and electronics.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2022US Space Force Launches Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is seeking opportunities in on-orbit logistics and is already investing in Orbit Fab.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2022Lockheed Martin’s venture fund to increase investments in space companies

Lockheed Martin Ventures plans to double its investments in tech startups from $200,000,000 to $400,000,000 as of 2022-08-03.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 10, 2022Lockheed Martin’s venture fund to increase investments in space companies

Lockheed Martin Ventures intends to invest a very sizable portion of the additional $200,000,000 in technologies focused on the space domain.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 10, 2022Lockheed Martin’s venture fund to increase investments in space companies

Terran Orbital delivered the first of ten satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital Reports Record Breaking Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Terran Orbital expects to deliver all 10 Tranche 0 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin by the end of 2022.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital prioritizes work on SDA smallsats over PredaSAR

Terran Orbital's near-term focus is to complete 10 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital prioritizes work on SDA smallsats over PredaSAR

Terran Orbital expects to deliver all ten satellite buses in 2022 to Lockheed Martin in support of the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital Reports Record Breaking Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Northrop Grumman provided propulsion, key composite structures, and other critical components on the Atlas V launch vehicle for SBIRS GEO-6.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 4, 2022UPDATE 4: ULA launches the USSF / SSC SBIRS GEO 6 satellite — SSC + Lockheed Martin’s additional mission info…

Lockheed Martin will refine a concept for the GeoXO spacecraft bus under a $5,000,000 Phase A contract.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2022NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Support NOAA with Weather and Climate Monitoring

Lockheed Martin has built and launched more than 120 weather and environmental spacecraft for U.S. civil and military agencies over the past 50 years.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2022NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Support NOAA with Weather and Climate Monitoring

The SBIRS GEO-6 satellite has a reported value of $1 billion, is built on the Lockheed Martin LM 2100 bus, and carries a sensor payload developed by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2022ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite

Lockheed Martin will perform GeoXO lightning mapper work at its Space facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area and spacecraft work at its Littleton, Colorado location.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 4, 2022NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Support NOAA with Weather and Climate Monitoring

Three Next-Gen OPIR satellites are being built by Lockheed Martin and the first Next-Gen OPIR satellite is scheduled to launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2022ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite

Lockheed Martin Space is one of two teams selected for a $5,000,000 contract to refine the concept for the GeoXO lightning mapper.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2022NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Support NOAA with Weather and Climate Monitoring

LM 2100 satellites can be equipped with an Augmentation System Port Interface (ASPIN) that implements Lockheed Martin’s open-source Mission Augmentation Port standard.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2022NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Support NOAA with Weather and Climate Monitoring

Lockheed Martin built the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager instruments on NOAA’s current GOES weather satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductAug 4, 2022NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Support NOAA with Weather and Climate Monitoring
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