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Terran Orbital

Small-satellite manufacturer owned by Lockheed Martin; builds satellite platforms and spacecraft systems.

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Overview

Terran Orbital designs and manufactures small satellite platforms and spacecraft systems for commercial and government missions, with its main engineering and production operations in Irvine, California. Lockheed Martin completed its acquisition of the company in October 2024, and it now operates as Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin Company. It continues to sell satellite buses to the wider space industry as a merchant supplier.

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Terran Orbital, now a Lockheed Martin company, is exploring AI for satellite manufacturing automation.

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