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Lockheed Martin Communications Satellites (SDA Transport Layer)

System
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Organization: Lockheed Martin
Additional Information
Extra fields from the product other_info JSON column.

Other Info

Bus Supplier

Value

Terran Orbital (strategic investment by Lockheed Martin)

Sources

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Conflicts

None

Corroboration Count

1

Transport Layer Tranche 0

Value

Customer

Space Development Agency

Quantity

10

Contract Date

2020-08

Contract Value Usd

187,500,000

Sources

Mention Sources
All source documents that mention this product.
Terran Orbital announces plan to speed up satellite production1 mention

Sep 7, 2023

Lockheed Martin opens new factory focused on small satellites1 mention
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Conflicts

None

Corroboration Count

2

Transport Layer Tranche 1

Value

Customer

Space Development Agency

Quantity

42

Contract Date

2022-02

Contract Value Usd

700,000,000

Sources

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Conflicts

None

Corroboration Count

1

Annual Communications Contracts

Value

Customer

Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center

Includes

GPS, communications, missile warning satellites

Approximate Value Usd

2,000,000,000

Sources

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Conflicts

None

Corroboration Count

1

Aug 6, 2023

Terran Orbital delivers 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin for U.S. military constellation1 mention

Dec 22, 2022

Space Development Agency’s satellite contractors team up to deal with supply shortages1 mention

May 17, 2022

Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’1 mention

Jun 10, 2018

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

Lockheed Martin receives about $2,000,000,000 per year in contracts from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center for GPS, communications, and missile warning satellites.

Mentioned as: communications satellitesSourceJun 10, 2018

Lockheed Martin is a strategic investor in Terran Orbital and uses Terran Orbital buses for communications satellites it is producing for the U.S. Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: communications satellitesSourceSep 7, 2023

Lockheed Martin won a $700,000,000 contract in February 2022 to produce 42 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: communications satellitesSourceAug 6, 2023

Lockheed Martin won a $187,500,000 contract from the Space Development Agency in August 2020 to produce 10 communications satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: communications satellitesSourceDec 22, 2022

Lockheed Martin is producing 10 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: communications satellitesSourceMay 17, 2022