General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has expanded its presence in Colorado with a new facility focused on spacecraft manufacturing, integration and testing.
Read More »SSL to Help NASA Explore Use of Commercial Habitats in Space; Richard White Quoted
NASA has chosen Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary to study the feasibility of using space-based commercial habitats as satellite manufacturing facilities. SSL said Wednesday it believes establishing a capacity to build satellites in space will help save time and resources by doing away with launch vehicle volumes and schedules, as well as help save …
Read More »Lockheed Breaks Ground on New Satellite Production Facility; Rick Ambrose Comments
Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a satellite manufacturing facility that will be built at the company’s Colorado campus, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. The company announced in early August it made a $350 million investment to build the 266,000-square-foot Gateway Center, which is scheduled to open …
Read More »Orbital ATK to Expand Arizona Space Tech Production Facility; Rick Kettner Comments
Orbital ATK has announced plans to expand the engineering operations of its space systems business in Gilbert, Arizona, and expects the project to create up to 155 new jobs. The company said Friday the project will add roughly 60,000 square feet of engineering space to its manufacturing complex for civilian and military satellites. “Orbital ATK has been developing satellites …
Read More »Francois Auque: Airbus, OneWeb Forge Microsatellite Manufacturing Partnership
OneWeb has partnered with Airbus Group to design and manufacture a new constellation of small satellites meant to facilitate Internet service delivery worldwide. Airbus said Monday it agreed to help produce as many as 900 microsatellites that OneWeb intends to send into low-Earth orbit starting in 2018. Francois Auque, head …
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