Maxar Space Systems’ spacecraft continue to push the boundaries of reliable mission operations in space. In fact, 9 of our GEO satellites continue to provide operational service today and have each exceeded 20 years on-orbit service. #reliability #spacetech #satellites

Maxar Space Systems has a strong legacy of #robotics. Starting in 1997, our robotics team has expanded from providing robotics hardware to designing and building entire robotics systems. Since then, Maxar Space Robotics has contributed to the design of six robotics arms that

Check out what we have going on in our Palo Alto factory!

Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of hosting three sections of students from Cal Poly’s Aerospace 448: Spacecraft Design II course at our facility. The students toured our factory and gained insight into the processes behind our satellite technology. We also had the

Get to know more about how we manage challenges! Spacecraft reliability is an essential principle of our company and one challenge within the industry is the formation of whiskers in surfaces coated in tin/tin alloys and metals like zinc and cadmium. Because of its high

We're proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Palos Verdes High School FIRST Robotics Team. Supporting programs like FIRST Robotics helps students gain valuable skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through hands-on experience. Learn more about the

We are always learning and growing. Get to know Mark Mosqueda, our Vice President of Subsystems Engineering and Manufacturing, as he shares what he is looking forward to in the future! #spacetech #aerospace #ourfuture #space

We are excited to announce that we have delivered the first of 16 spacecraft buses to L3Harris to support the Space Development Agency (SDA)’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program! “Successfully delivering this first spacecraft bus underscores the expertise of our team and the

We are excited to announce that we were selected to build a geostationary (GEO) high-power communications satellite by a private commercial customer. The satellite will be built on the Maxar 1300™ series platform. We are looking forward to building on our legacy of commercial

🌍➡️🌕➡️🔴 The Moon is just the beginning. In this special NASA's Johnson Space Center podcast series, NASA experts and astronauts share how Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station, will support #Artemis and help prepare humanity for Mars. 🎧 Listen here: go.nasa.gov/4kBdz6G

Our partners at Busek have started testing the flight thrusters for the Power Propulsion Element (PPE). Our long-standing collaborative effort to develop new, high powered electric thrusters in the United States is finally at a stage where we can see the fruits of our progress.

This week, we had the opportunity to recognize @ANYWAVES, one of our 2024 Maxar Space Systems Supplier Excellence Awardees, in person at the Satellite Conference & Exhibition. Thank you, Anywaves!

Looking toward 2026, our Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) engineers are beginning to prepare for next year’s launch rehearsals. Throughout 2025, our engineers will build out the mission control center in Palo Alto for these rehearsals. We’ve recently received the voice

Earlier this month, Juliana Scott, our Small Business Liaison Officer, had the opportunity to attend NASA's Marshall Small Business Alliance in Huntsville, AL. This event brings together small businesses and prime contractors to network and explore opportunities to work together

Check out this throwback to the 1980s, where Intelsat V sits in one of the high bays in our Palo Alto factory. Pictured is an employee working on the antenna tower subsystem for Intelsat V, which was launched in 1997. Antenna towers remain crucial infrastructure for transmitting

ICYMI: Maxar Space Robotics now has a ride for their Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar Regolith (SAMPLR) robotic arm! The first US robotic arm aimed for the Moon in 50 years, SAMPLR will ride on Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and explore the Moon’s

Check it out! The SXM-10 satellite has successfully shipped to the launch base, ready for its upcoming launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the #KennedySpaceCenter. This latest satellite marks another milestone in our over two-decade partnership with SiriusXM, supporting the

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded a contract by EchoStar Corporation to manufacture EchoStar XXVI, a high-power geostationary communications satellite based on our Maxar 1300™ platform. EchoStar XXVI will deliver robust coverage to DISH TV customers across all

This summer, we're welcoming interns from across the country. Here’s a look at where they’re joining us from: #interns #aerospace #spacetech Nikita Mehendale, Samuel Costello, Emma Berry, Daylen Boen, Connie Ly, Jovanni Shen, Jessica Yao, Dominik Bodzianowski, Aidan Donovan,

Today we are celebrating 20 years since the launch of iPStar 1. iPStar 1 (also known as THAICOM 4) is the largest commercial high-throughput satellite (HTS) satellite to date, capable of providing voice, video and broadband Internet services to 14 countries. This program was a