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Terran Orbital

OPERATING 201-500 EMPLOYEES

End-to-end satellite manufacturer delivering modular spacecraft platforms, mission operations, and ground services for defense, civil, and commercial customers worldwide

ABOUT

Terran Orbital is a vertically integrated satellite manufacturer serving defense, civil, and commercial customers worldwide. The company designs, builds, and delivers modular spacecraft platforms ranging from 6U CubeSats to 1,000 kg-class vehicles, manufacturing approximately 85 percent of components in-house at its facilities in Irvine, California. Its product line spans seven standardized platforms — Triumph, Renegade, Voyager, Excelsior, Nebula, Ambassador, and Enterprise — built on flexible, plug-and-play architectures with interchangeable modules. Terran Orbital also offers a SmallSat GEO platform bringing cost-effective small satellite solutions to geostationary orbit.

Beyond hardware, the company provides end-to-end mission services including launch planning and logistics, mission operations from its California-based operations center, and ground station services. Terran Orbital has delivered spacecraft for NASA's CAPSTONE lunar navigation mission and produced satellite buses for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The company was acquired by Lockheed Martin in October 2024 for approximately $450 million and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary and merchant supplier. It maintains additional facilities in Melbourne and Boca Raton, Florida, and Turin, Italy.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Premier ride-share platform on ESPA-Grande interface, increased deck area for largest payloads, up to 500 kg total spacecraft mass.
Largest standard platform optimized for flat-packing up to 24 satellites per launch, suited for large constellations and communications missions.
Entry-level microsat designed for dual-satellite deployment from a single 15-inch ESPA port, enabling efficient constellation build-out.
Largest payload mass on standard 15-inch ESPA port with 24-inch ESPA Grande option, ideal for defense and commercial constellations with Type 1 encryption.
Standard 12U spacecraft with best bus-to-payload mass ratio, accommodates 19cm optical imager for operational missions on small platforms.
Cost-effective geostationary orbit platform, up to 300 kg payload mass, 3 kW power, 7-year nominal lifetime, all-electric propulsion.
Smallest and most agile platform, standard departure point for technology demonstrator missions minimizing launch costs.
16U deep-space platform, standard departure for missions beyond Earth orbit, providing low-cost method for beyond-LEO experiments.
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OVERVIEW
Founded 2013
HQ Boca Raton, Florida
Type Private Company
LEADERSHIP
Peter Krauss
President & CEO
Cheryl Paquete
SVP of Finance and Business Operations (CFO)
Michael Young
SVP, Business Development
Bret Banfield
SVP, Engineering
Fabio Nichele
CEO, Tyvak International
Kathy MacDougall
VP, Human Resources
Ashish Patil
Vice President, Information Technology
Michael Vishion
Vice President, Program Management
Misrahim Morales
Vice President, Components and Modules
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