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Blue Canyon Technologies

US
commercialFounded 2008
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
www.bluecanyontech.com
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Dawn Aerospace, based in the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States, was selected by Blue Canyon Technologies to provide turnkey chemical propulsion systems for the X-SAT Saturn satellite bus.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesTechnical ProductMay 10, 2022Dawn Aerospace Wins Blue Canyon’s X-SAT Saturn-Class Propulsion Business

The Aerospace Corp.’s Slingshot satellite will host 19 different payloads on a 12-unit Blue Canyon cubesat bus.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine exposes cybersecurity threat to commercial satellites

Slingshot 1 is a small satellite built by Aerospace Corp. on a bus from Blue Canyon Technologies.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesTechnical ProductApr 4, 2022Space experiment to push standardization in small satellites

The first batch of DARPA’s optical terminals will be delivered this summer for integration with Blackjack satellite buses made by Blue Canyon Technologies and to be ready to launch this fall.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipJan 30, 2022CACI ramping up production of optical terminals for low Earth orbit satellites

Loft Orbital is currently flying two condosats with buses built by LeoStella and Blue Canyon Technologies.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesTechnical ProductJan 14, 2022Airbus books Loft Orbital order for Florida satellite factory

A separate Loft Orbital satellite slated to launch toward the end of 2022 will use a bus supplied by Blue Canyon Technologies.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipJan 14, 2022Airbus books Loft Orbital order for Florida satellite factory

Blue Canyon built the satellite bus for YAM-4, which is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipJan 6, 2022Loft Orbital orders more LeoStella satellite buses

Blue Canyon built the satellite bus for the YAM-2 satellite that launched on a SpaceX rideshare mission in June.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipJan 6, 2022Loft Orbital orders more LeoStella satellite buses

Brad Tousley will serve as president of Blue Canyon Technologies, reporting to Kristin Robertson.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesNarrative GeneralJan 4, 2022Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s New President Of The Space & C2 Biz Unit + New President Of Blue Canyon Technologies

Raytheon will build its EWS prototype on a satellite bus made by Blue Canyon Technologies.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesTechnical ProductDec 15, 2021Raytheon wins $67 million U.S. Space Force contract to build weather satellite prototype

DARPA ordered 10 satellite buses for Blackjack from Blue Canyon Technologies and two buses from Telesat.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipDec 11, 2021Parsons to develop ground operations center for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

On 2021-11-22, the Air Force Research Laboratory selected Blue Canyon Technologies to develop a satellite under AFRL’s Space Situational Awareness Micro-Satellite Bus program.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipNov 22, 2021Blue Canyon wins $14 million contract for deep-space inspector satellite

Raytheon Technologies acquired Blue Canyon Technologies in December 2020.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesNarrative GeneralNov 22, 2021Blue Canyon wins $14 million contract for deep-space inspector satellite

Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14,600,000 contract to produce a small inspector satellite for operations beyond geosynchronous Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipNov 22, 2021Blue Canyon wins $14 million contract for deep-space inspector satellite

Blue Canyon Technologies must deliver by February 2023 a small satellite bus that can operate and maneuver for up to three years in orbits beyond GEO and can support a broad range of payloads.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipNov 22, 2021Blue Canyon wins $14 million contract for deep-space inspector satellite

Raytheon acquired commercial satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies and spacecraft engineering firm SEAKR.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesNarrative GeneralNov 10, 2021Space startups an investment target for big defense contractors

DARPA ordered 10 satellite buses for Blackjack from Blue Canyon Technologies and two satellite buses from Telesat.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2021DARPA awards Lockheed Martin $25 million contract modification for integration of Blackjack satellites

In 2020 Blue Canyon Technologies selected Orbion Space Technology to supply electric propulsion for its first four Blackjack satellites.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipAug 30, 2021ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters

ExoTerra Resources expects its thrusters to fly on two Blue Canyon Blackjack satellites scheduled to launch in 2022.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesNarrative PlanAug 30, 2021ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters

Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14,100,000 DARPA contract in 2020 to manufacture four Blackjack satellites with options to build 16 additional small satellites.

Mentioned as: Blue Canyon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipAug 30, 2021ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters
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