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Blue Canyon Technologies

US
commercialFounded 2008
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
www.bluecanyontech.com
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ExoTerra’s Halo Hall-effect thrusters fired in orbit for the first time in 2023 on DARPA Blackjack Aces satellites manufactured by RTX subsidiary Blue Canyon Technologies.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/20/2024ExoTerra raises $8 million to boost propulsion system production

Blue Canyon Technologies provided its largest small satellite platform, the Saturn-class bus, for MethaneSAT.

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/12/2024RTX Provides Blue Canyon Satellite to MethaneSAT for Tackling Crucial Climate Challenge

Blue Canyon Technologies’ components and bus platforms have completed missions in Very-Low Earth Orbit, Low Earth Orbit, Geostationary Earth Orbit, cislunar space, and on an interplanetary journey.

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/6/2024Control moment gyroscopes deliver a quantum leap in smallsat capabilities

Blue Canyon Technologies has launched 70 spacecraft since its inception.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT4/6/2024Control moment gyroscopes deliver a quantum leap in smallsat capabilities

Blue Canyon Technologies opened an expanded cubesat factory in Boulder last year, increasing capacity from 50 to 85 cubesats per year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/9/2023New head of smallsat supplier Blue Canyon sets sights on defense market growth

Blue Canyon Technologies operates a manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Colorado.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/9/2023New head of smallsat supplier Blue Canyon sets sights on defense market growth

Blue Canyon Technologies was acquired by Raytheon Technologies in 2020.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/9/2023New head of smallsat supplier Blue Canyon sets sights on defense market growth

Blue Canyon Technologies opened an expanded cubesat factory in Boulder last year, increasing capacity from 50 to 85 cubesats per year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/9/2023New head of smallsat supplier Blue Canyon sets sights on defense market growth

The Blackjack satellites were built with Blue Canyon Technologies’ largest satellite bus, the Saturn-class ESPA-Grande.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/9/2023New head of smallsat supplier Blue Canyon sets sights on defense market growth

Blue Canyon Technologies will develop the XB16 at its Spacecraft Manufacturing Center in Boulder, Colorado.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/10/2023RTX Trilogy: Contract to develop platform agnostic BLOS SATCOM solution / New large form factor CubeSat / DARPA award for AI to human values

Blue Canyon Technologies opened a 2,880-square-meter cubesat factory in Boulder, Colorado.

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/10/2022Blue Canyon Technologies to build Tomorrow.io microwave satellites

Blue Canyon Technologies secured a contract with Tomorrow.io on 2022-08-09 to provide products and services for 18 Tomorrow.io cubesats equipped with microwave sounders.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/10/2022Blue Canyon Technologies to build Tomorrow.io microwave satellites

Blue Canyon Technologies has been selected to provide 18 cubesats for Tomorrow.io’s microwave sounding mission.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/9/2022The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies

Blue Canyon Technologies has successfully launched 44 spacecraft since the firm’s inception.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT8/9/2022The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies

Microsatellites are manufactured at Blue Canyon Technologies’ 80,000-square-foot facility in Lafayette, Colorado.

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/9/2022The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies

Blue Canyon Technologies has successfully launched more than 1,300 spacecraft components since the firm’s inception.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT8/9/2022The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/7/2022Blue Canyon opens new smallsat manufacturing facility in Colorado

Blue Canyon Technologies opened a new 31,000-square-foot cubesat factory in Boulder, Colorado.

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/7/2022Blue Canyon opens new smallsat manufacturing facility in Colorado

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/7/2022Blue Canyon opens new smallsat manufacturing facility in Colorado

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/7/2022Blue Canyon opens new smallsat manufacturing facility in Colorado
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