Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies
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founding | 1969 |
Seat | Westminster, Colorado |
management | Daniel Jablonsky, Walter Scott, Biggs Porter, Liz Andora |
Number of employees | 5900 (2019) |
sales | $ 2.14 billion (2018) |
Branch | Satellite construction, space technology, earth exploration |
Maxar Technologies is a US company specializing in the manufacture and operation of satellites for the primary purpose of earth observation . Maxar also manufactures spacecraft that dock onto existing satellites that are lacking fuel and that keep them maneuverable with their own engines (so-called Mission Extension Vehicles ).
The company's predecessor was founded in 1969 under the name MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates in Canada . After the takeover of DigitalGlobe , the company was renamed Maxar . The subsidiary DigitalGlobe supplies, among other things, Google Maps with satellite images.