https://spacewatch.global/tag/terran-orbital/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 02 Jan 2026 10:11:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/terran-orbital/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/lockheed-martin-contracts-terran-orbital-for-satellite-buses-for-sdas-tranche-3-tracking-layer/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70132 Lockheed Martin has turned to Terran Orbital for satellite buses for the Tranche 3 Tracking Layer under the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Under the program, Lockheed Martin will deliver 18 missile-warning, tracking, and defense space vehicles for SDA’s Tranche 3 Tracking Layer. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/terran-orbital-delivers-satellite-bus-platforms-for-the-tranche-1-transport-layer/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67922 Terran Orbital has successfully delivered all 42 satellite bus platforms to Lockheed Martin for the SDA's PWSA Tranche 1 program. The spacecraft will help form a resilient, low-latency communications network in low Earth orbit, designed to deliver secure data connectivity to warfighters across the globe.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/lockheed-martin-is-developing-t2tl-space-vehicles-for-sdas-pwsa/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 07:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64135 Lockheed Martin is developing 18 Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer space vehicles in support of the Space Development Agency (SDA)'s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/thrustme-breaks-into-the-american-market-with-key-partnerships/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63724 ThrustMe has successfully entered the North American market, securing partnerships with ten prominent U.S. and Canadian companies. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/lockheed-martin-completes-terran-orbital-acquisition/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62063 Lockheed Martin has completed its previously announced acquisition of Terran Orbital and its subsidiary, Tyvak International. Lockheed Martin has also worked with Terran Orbital on projects including Space Development Agency programs and Lockheed Martin's technology demonstrations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/terran-orbitals-tyvak-wins-sda-t2tl-gamma-contract/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56660 The Space Development Agency (SDA) has selected Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Terran Orbital's subsidiary company, to produce 10 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Gamma contract. Terran Orbital will consequently undertake the comprehensive design, construction, integration, testing, and delivery of 10 T2TL Gamma satellites based on its Ambassador platform. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/lockheed-martin-to-acquire-terran-orbital/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 07:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56618 Lockheed Martin has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Terran Orbital, a provider of satellite-based solutions primarily supporting the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital brings a high throughput, robotic manufacturing capacity and high-performing modular space vehicle designs. Combined with Lockheed Martin's record of performance and innovation, this transaction will usher in a broader range of capabilities and value for customers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/terran-orbital-corporation-unveils-smallsat-geo-solution/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54200 Terran Orbital Corporation has announced its entrance into the small satellite geosynchronous orbit (GEO) market with its SmallSat GEO solution for satellites above 500kg. The Corporation will consequently unveil the solution at the SATELLITE 2024 trade show, happening March 18-21 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/terran-orbital-wins-afrl-contract-to-supply-satellite-platforms/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 07:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54003 Terran Orbital Corporation has announced winning a $15.2 million contract to supply Ambassador Class satellite platforms complete with solar arrays and support equipment to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The contract, managed through Axient Corporation, will integrate payloads onto these ESPA-Grande size space vehicle platforms to support specific United States Space Force missions. Delivery is tentatively in the 4th quarter of 2024.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/terran-orbital-confirms-rivada-spaces-up-to-date-invoices/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 07:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53059 Terran Orbital Corporation has announced that it has received a payment from Rivada Space Networks pursuant to the Company's previously announced contract with Rivada. The amount was for the completion of a program milestone, and as a result, Rivada is current on all outstanding invoices. The Company expects to receive additional milestone payments in 2024 and continues to expect to meet its delivery obligations under the Rivada Contract on schedule in 2025 and 2026.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/terran-orbital-awarded-4-7-million-contract-by-esa/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51937 https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/terran-orbital-opens-new-factory-addition-in-irvine/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50998 Terran Orbital, a manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, have announced the official opening of a new 60,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing space, adding to its existing manufacturing capability. With this previously announced addition, the total size of the manufacturing complex in Irvine has expanded to approximately 98,000 square feet. Furthermore, this new addition enables the company to significantly boost satellite production, increasing it from an estimated ten satellites per month to more than 20 per month.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/terran-orbital-launches-responsive-space-initiative/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50932 Terran Orbital have announced the launch of its Responsive Space Initiative. Under this initiative, the company aims to provide customers with satellite buses within 30 days and complete satellite systems with integrated payloads within 60 days. In addition, seven new satellite buses will be participating in the Responsive Space Initiative program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/terran-orbital-and-isi-to-launch-runner-1-eo-satellite/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49361 Terran Orbital Corporation has announced final launch preparations for the RUNNER-1 satellite. The satellite launch aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-8 rideshare mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/terran-orbital-breaks-ground-on-satellite-manufacturing-facility/ Mon, 22 May 2023 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48889 Terran Orbital Corporation and W. P. Carey have broke ground on a 94,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, California. In partnership with Terran Orbital, W. P. Carey will redevelop one of its outdated office properties into a new Class A industrial facility. As a result, it will serve as Terran Orbital’s fifth production facility. Demolition of the existing building commenced in February 2023, and the project will tentatively end in January 2024.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/rivada-space-networks-partners-with-okapiorbits-on-space-situational-awareness/ Wed, 17 May 2023 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48761 Rivada Space Networks (RSN) and OKAPI:Orbits have extended their partnership, which will secure the responsible use of space-based technologies. As a result, OKAPI:Orbits is providing satellite mission-analysis tools, including analysis and implementation of Collision Avoidance and De-orbiting strategies. The agreement brings together Rivada Space Networks’ interconnected high-speed, Low Earth Orbit satellite network and OKAPI:Orbits’ Space Traffic Management Software-as-a-Service solution.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/terran-orbitals-ptd-3-enables-200-gigabits-per-second/ Mon, 15 May 2023 06:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48719 https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/terran-orbital-receives-milestone-payment-from-rsn/ Mon, 01 May 2023 06:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48329 https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/rivada-signs-satellite-contract-with-tyvak-nano-satellite-systems/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46814 Rivada Space Networks GmbH (RSN), a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Rivada Networks, Inc., has engaged Terran Orbital’s wholly owned subsidiary Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. to manufacture 300 low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites for Rivada’s innovative “network in the sky.” RSN’s space-based data network will provide fiber-like low latency and gigabit per second data delivery, which is ultra-secure and extremely resilient. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/second-terran-orbital-developed-lunar-satellite-lunir-launches-successfully/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44873 Satellite-based solutions provider Terran Orbital, successfully launched Moon-mapping satellite, LunIR (Lunar Infrared Imaging). This is the second Terran Orbital-developed lunar satellite to launch this year after CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment). CAPSTONE entered a Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit around the Moon just days ago after its launch in June. Both spacecraft support NASA’s Artemis program.]]>