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Millennium Space Systems today announced that it has shipped out their first set of RWA-1000 reaction wheels to commercial customer SSL in Palo Alto, CA. This first delivery—under a contract from SSL which was inked just four months ago—establishes Millennium's entry into the commercial space component production market...

Millennium Space Systems today announced that it has finalized an exclusive production license for the patented “Demiseable Integrated Reaction Wheel Assembly” (DIRWA) from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This exclusive license establishes the milestone point to kick off the production at Millennium, which will result...

Millennium Space Systems, a leader in development of affordable high-performance spacecraft, today announced the completion of structural qualification of its AQUILA™-M8 satellite structure. AQUILA™-M8—under development for a confidential customer—joins Millennium’s AQUILA™ platform product line, supporting missions of up to...

Millennium Space Systems, a leader in development of affordable high-performance spacecraft and components, has inked a major contract to manufacture reaction wheels for a commercial satellite constellation. The production order, received from prime contractor Space Systems/Loral (SSL) validates Millennium's multi-year investment...

Millennium Space Systems today announced that its Disaggregated Weather Satellite Pathfinder (DWSP) spacecraft, under design contract to the USAF Space & Missiles Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate, has passed an important milestone design review. Performed under a fixed-price contract...

Millennium Space Systems executives, employees, business partners, and government officials today celebrated the opening of the company’s "Factory of the New Millennium," in El Segundo, California. The 70,000 square-foot facility will accommodate all of Millennium’s satellite engineering, manufacturing, and...

Millennium Space Systems announced today the successful high-altitude balloon test of its new micro-satellite bus, developed under the company's DARPA SeeMe contract. During the 1.5-hour flight to nearly 30 kilometers altitude over California's Mojave Desert, Millennium engineers exercised key satellite subsystems...

Millennium Space Systems and Sinclair Interplanetary announced today at the AIAA/USU SmallSat Conference held in Logan, UT, that Millennium is the exclusive U.S. manufacturer and distributor of Sinclair’s RW3-1.0 small satellite wheel. This agreement caps a successful technology transfer program under which...

Millennium Space Systems today announces a $1.91 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the first phase of the agency's Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) program...

Millennium Space Systems today announces award of a contract from the United States Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate for research on Systems and Spacecraft for space-based weather sensing. The 12-month research program is part of the USAF Weather Satellite Follow-On Activities (WSFA)...