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Blue Canyon Technologies

US
commercialFounded 2008
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
www.bluecanyontech.com
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Blue Canyon Technologies will build two satellites that the Draper mission will deploy before landing.

NARRATIVE PLAN7/21/2022Draper wins NASA contract for farside lunar lander mission

Blue Canyon Technologies has received awards from Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list, the Best in Biz Award, and the 2020 Tibbetts Award.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/5/2022Blue Canyon’s low-altitude smallsats thrive on-orbit after their launch via SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission

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

NARRATIVE PLAN1/14/2022Airbus books Loft Orbital order for Florida satellite factory

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

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/22/2021Blue Canyon wins $14 million contract for deep-space inspector satellite

The deal to acquire Blue Canyon Technologies was first disclosed on 2020-11-10 and was projected to close in early 2021.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/22/2020Raytheon completes acquisition of Blue Canyon Technologies

Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14,100,000 contract in July to manufacture four satellites with options worth $99,000,000 for up to 20 satellites.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/14/2020DARPA okays Blue Canyon’s satellites for Blackjack program

Blue Canyon Technologies will begin procurement to build the first four Blackjack satellites now that the final multi-mission bus design is completed.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/14/2020Blue Canyon Technologies Completes CDR for DARPA Blackjack Program

The transaction to acquire Blue Canyon Technologies is expected to close by early 2021 pending regulatory approvals.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/10/2020Raytheon to acquire small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies

Blue Canyon Technologies won a contract in July to produce four buses for the Blackjack demonstration with options for up to 20 buses.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/14/2020Telesat wins DARPA contract to manufacture satellite buses for Blackjack program

Blue Canyon Technologies will manufacture Blackjack satellites at a new facility in Lafayette, Colorado.

NARRATIVE GROWTH7/3/2020Blue Canyon Technologies could produce up to 20 satellite buses for DARPA’s Blackjack

The $14,100,000 production contract puts Blue Canyon Technologies in a position to become the leading supplier of satellite buses for DARPA’s Blackjack program.

NARRATIVE GENERAL7/3/2020Blue Canyon Technologies could produce up to 20 satellite buses for DARPA’s Blackjack

Blue Canyon Technologies opened the Crescent Satellite Constellation manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Colorado on 2020-06-03.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/19/2020Blue Canyon Technologies opens smallsat constellation factory

Blue Canyon Technologies prepared to open a manufacturing plant in spring 2020 capable of producing multiple cubesats per week.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/8/2020Kepler’s decision to build its own cubesats surprises manufacturers

Blue Canyon Technologies is supplying X-SAT to MethaneSAT, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, for an environmental monitoring satellite scheduled to launch in 2022.

NARRATIVE PLAN2/12/2020Blue Canyon Technologies to supply bus for Made In Space’s Archinaut One

Blue Canyon Technologies will assemble and functionally test X-SAT, its largest satellite bus, prior to delivering it to Made In Space for the Archinaut One mission.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/12/2020Blue Canyon Technologies to supply bus for Made In Space’s Archinaut One

MethaneSAT will use X-SAT, Blue Canyon Technologies’ largest offered spacecraft bus, to carry a methane-detection payload from Ball Aerospace.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/6/2020Blue Canyon Technologies to build its largest satellite to date for MethaneSAT

Blue Canyon Technologies plans to build a 12-unit cubesat bus equipped with Viasat’s Link 16 terminal to launch in 2020.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/19/2019Viasat taps Blue Canyon Technologies to build Link 16 satellite

Blue Canyon Technologies plans to double its manufacturing space in 2020 when it moves into an 80,000-square-foot facility.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/9/2019Blue Canyon Technologies: Doubling to meet demand

Blue Canyon Technologies plans to double its manufacturing space in 2020 when it moves into an 80,000-square-foot facility.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/9/2019Blue Canyon Technologies: Doubling to meet demand

Blue Canyon Technologies acquired additional office space in February to make room for its 140-person staff.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/9/2019Blue Canyon Technologies: Doubling to meet demand
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