State Fight: Shoring up Florida’s Space Coast
Terran Orbital, which is going public this quarter by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, expects to break ground this year on a 660,000-square-foot facility billed as the world’s largest. The state’s incentive package is likewise large, but the payoff could be huge: approximately 2,100 new jobs by the end of 2025.
Terran Orbital touts military and defense contracts ahead of going public
Lockheed Martin is not only a customer of Terran Orbital but a longtime investor in the company. Tyvak Nano Satellite Systems, a satellite bus provider owned by Terran Orbital, is Lockheed Martin’s partner for the contract the latter won in 2020 to build 10 satellites for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency.
KSAT to support NASA LunIR mission
Kongsberg Satellite Services is providing ground network support for the Lunar InfraRed Imaging (LunIR) mission with ground stations in Punta Arenas, Chile, Svalbard, Norway, and Antarctica’s Troll station.
Terran Orbital CEO & Co-Founder Marc Bell, and Tailwind Two Co-CEO Matt Eby
This week, we speak with Marc Bell, CEO and Co-Founder of Terran Orbital. Terran Orbital entered into a $1.5 billion combination with Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:TWNT) in October of 2021.
Space Coast high-tech growth cheered during speech, led by Terran Orbital, Eve, Sidus Space
Morgan Stanley’s Space Team projects the flourishing $350 billion global space industry could triple by 2040, topping the $1 trillion plateau.
And Brevard County’s expanding space and aerospace sectors may just be warming up their engines, said Brian Baluta, vice president of communications and partner relations for the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast.
A DEEP DIVE INTO TERRAN ORBITAL W/ MARC BELL
Marc is the Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Terran Orbital. Terran has been primarily manufacturing satellites for others for the past 9 years but has an aggressive plan to take on Planet and others in the race for Earth Observation services.