Terran Orbital
acquiredVertically integrated manufacturer of small satellites and standardized spacecraft buses for defense, government, and commercial missions.
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Terran Orbital designs and manufactures small satellites and modular spacecraft buses serving U.S. defense, government, and commercial customers. The company operates a vertically integrated production facility in Irvine, California, manufacturing approximately 85% of components in-house, including printed circuit boards, structures, and propulsion systems. Its 7-Series product line includes standardized platforms optimized for specific mission profiles: the 7300 (Nebula) for 15-year missions and secure data connectivity, the Voyager for deep space and lunar applications, and the Renegade for high-volume research payloads. Terran Orbital has delivered spacecraft for NASA's CAPSTONE lunar mission and completed delivery of 42 satellite buses for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program.
Following its acquisition by Lockheed Martin in October 2024, Terran Orbital operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary and merchant supplier, providing satellite platforms and components to its parent company, other aerospace primes, and commercial constellation operators including Rivada Space Networks. The company maintains dedicated mission operations centers for constellation management and ground system integration. Through its subsidiaries Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems and PredaSAR, Terran Orbital extends capabilities in nanosatellite development and synthetic aperture radar earth observation. Headquarters are located in Boca Raton, Florida.