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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Lockheed Martin is building 10 vehicles for the Space Development Agency’s satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2021Space Micro To Deliver 10 Nanocom SDRs To Lockheed Martin For The SDA’s Tranche 0 Satellite Constellation

Orbital Micro Systems is preparing to launch an updated version of its GEMS satellite called GEMS2 in 2022 with microwave radiometers designed and manufactured by OMS with support from the U.S. Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Lockheed Martin, and the UK Space Agency.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2021Orbital Micro Systems and Thomas Keating forge weather data pact

SBIRS GEO-6 is the second military space satellite built on Lockheed Martin’s modernized LM2100 Combat Bus.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductOct 4, 2021The Enhanced SBIRS GEO-6 Satellite Ready Early For Scheduled 2022 Launch

Lockheed Martin funded a multiyear internal modernization initiative to enable the LM2100 upgrades for SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductOct 4, 2021The Enhanced SBIRS GEO-6 Satellite Ready Early For Scheduled 2022 Launch

Lockheed Martin’s sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite is designated SBIRS GEO-6.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductOct 4, 2021The Enhanced SBIRS GEO-6 Satellite Ready Early For Scheduled 2022 Launch

Engineers tested Lucy’s mechanical, electrical, and thermal systems and practiced executing the launch sequence from mission operations centers at Kennedy and Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado.

Mentioned as: Lockheed Martin SpaceTechnical ProductSep 28, 2021Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Are The Target For NASA’s Lucy Mission, Now Being Prepared

Lockheed Martin’s Gateway Center outside Denver is designed to have 325,000 square meters of production facilities, offices, and other buildings when fully built out.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2021Terran Orbital to build plant to produce more than 1,000 satellites per year

Lockheed Martin is buying a pair of 12-unit cubesats from Tyvak for LINUSS to demonstrate satellite servicing in geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2021Terran Orbital acquires new satellite development facility

Space operators from allied nations collaborate at Lockheed Martin’s Center for Innovation in Virginia during Global Sentinel 19.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductSep 19, 2021Linking allied military space capabilities

Terran Orbital produced satellite buses for Lockheed Martin’s LM 50 series of smallsats.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2021Lockheed, Northrop invest in a startup that wants to refuel satellites in space

Terran Orbital created the Tyvak-0129 spacecraft that hosted Lockheed Martin’s experimental mesh networking payload Pony Express.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2021Lockheed, Northrop invest in a startup that wants to refuel satellites in space

Orbit Fab raised more than $10,000,000 in its latest funding round from vendors including Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, bringing the company’s total funding to $17,000,000.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2021Lockheed, Northrop invest in a startup that wants to refuel satellites in space

Lockheed Martin created an experimental mesh networking payload called Pony Express in January 2020 that was hosted on a Tyvak-0129 spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2021Lockheed, Northrop invest in a startup that wants to refuel satellites in space

Lockheed Martin Ventures invested in Rocket Lab and ABL Space Systems in 2019.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralSep 17, 2021Lockheed, Northrop invest in a startup that wants to refuel satellites in space

Lockheed Martin won a $188,000,000 contract from the Space Development Agency in 2020 following demonstration of technologies validated by the Pony Express experiment.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2021Lockheed, Northrop invest in a startup that wants to refuel satellites in space

Lockheed Martin selected ABL Space Systems for a UK Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Space Centre in the United Kingdom in 2022.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductSep 16, 2021ABL Space Systems to launch NASA technology demonstration mission

Lockheed Martin originally planned to launch the Cryogenic Demonstration Mission spacecraft via Momentus, which would manifest the satellite on a Vigoride transfer vehicle launched on a Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket in 2023.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2021ABL Space Systems to launch NASA technology demonstration mission

NASA selected a team led by Lockheed Martin in 2020 to develop the Cryogenic Demonstration Mission smallsat under an $89,700,000 contract.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2021ABL Space Systems to launch NASA technology demonstration mission

In March 2020, Lockheed Martin selected SEAKR Engineering to help develop a satellite communications payload for the U.S. Space Force under the Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) program.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2021Raytheon announces to acquire SEAKR Engineering

In April of 2021, the U.S. Space Force removed Lockheed Martin from the PTS program and selected Boeing and Northrop Grumman to develop PTS prototypes.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2021Raytheon announces to acquire SEAKR Engineering
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