Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems was an American company that designed and built satellites, specializing in nanosatellites and CubeSats. Founded in 2011 by Jordi Puig-Suari and Scott MacGillivray and based in Irvine, California, it operated as a subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation, and in November 2019 was one of five companies selected as eligible to bid for the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. By 2022 the company had shifted focus to larger satellites and the Tyvak name was phased out in favor of parent company Terran Orbital, which was itself acquired by Lockheed Martin in October 2024.
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Agency TypeAmerican company that designed and built nanosatellite and CubeSat space vehicles for government and commercial customers; now operates as part of Lockheed Martin 1 Founded Year HeadquartersIrvine, California, United States 1 Open Questions
Annual BudgetNot disclosed
Private subsidiary; no public annual budget figure is given in the Wikipedia article consulted. Formerly a subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation, which Lockheed Martin acquired in October 2024, becoming sole owner of the company. In the Other Atlases
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Wikimedia FoundationTyvak Wikipedia article, lead paragraph
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems was an American company that designed and built satellites. It started as a designer, builder and provider of nanosatellite and CubeSat space vehicle products and services for government and commercial customers.
Tyvak Wikipedia article, History section, first paragraph
In 2011, Jordi Puig-Suari, co-inventor of the CubeSat design, and Scott MacGillivray, former manager of nanosatellite programs for Boeing Phantom Works, established Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems in San Luis Obispo, California, to sell miniature avionics packages for small satellites, with the goal to increase the volume available for payloads.
Tyvak Wikipedia article, first paragraph, second sentence
Tyvak was based in Irvine, California.
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