# Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14.6 million contract to produce a small inspector satellite.

*aerospace · news · 2021-11-22 · SpaceNews*

## Key points

- Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14.6 million contract for a small inspector satellite beyond GEO.
- The satellite bus must maneuver and operate for up to three years in orbits beyond geosynchronous Earth orbit.
- Delivery of the satellite bus is required by February 2023 under the AFRL contract.
- Raytheon Technologies acquired Blue Canyon in December 2020 prior to this contract award.
- The project was competitively awarded under the Air Force's Small Business Innovation Research program.

Blue Canyon has to deliver a small satellite bus that can operate and maneuver for up to three years in orbits beyond GEO WASHINGTON — Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14.6 million contract to produce a small inspector satellite for operations beyond geosynchronous Earth orbit. According to a Nov. 22 announcement, Blue Canyon was selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a satellite under AFRL’s Space Situational Awareness Micro-Satellite Bus program. The company has to deliver by February 2023 a small satellite bus that can operate and maneuver for up to three years in orbits beyond GEO and can support a broad range of payloads. Blue Canyon, based in Lafayette, Colorado, is a small satellite manufacturer. In December 2020 it was acquired by Raytheon Technologies. The Space Situational Awareness Micro-Satellite Bus was a competitive award under a U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research program. The goal is to produce a small space situational awareness satellite system with significant orbital maneuverability so it can move across orbits.

**Companies:** Raytheon Technologies, Blue Canyon Technologies
**Countries:** United States

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