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Co-founder and COO Matt Beckner is getting ready to flip the switch on a new, 80,000-square-foot satellite factory in Lafayette. by Eric Peterson with Company Week on February 2, 2020, 10:57 am MST Blue Canyon makes satellites the size of a breadbox that orbit 250 miles above the planet’s surface. The company is built for […]

By Rachel Jewett with Via Satellite| January 7, 2020 MethaneSAT has selected Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the spacecraft bus for its first mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2022. The donor-funded mission aims to provide global, high-resolution detection and quantification of methane emissions from oil and gas facilities, as well as measure emissions from […]

by Caleb Henry for Space News — January 6, 2020 WASHINGTON — MethaneSAT, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to supply the platform for its donor-funded satellite.  MethaneSAT said Jan. 6 it will use X-SAT, Blue Canyon’s largest offered spacecraft bus, to carry a methane-detection payload from Ball Aerospace. The nonprofit […]

Vertically integrated spacecraft manufacturer earned a Silver award in the Fastest-Growing Company of the Year categoryDecember 02, 2019 01:49 PM Eastern Standard Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has been recognized for its innovation and growth after being named a winner of the 2019 Best in Biz […]

Acquisition of antenna manufacturer will speed up spacecraft deliveries. BOULDER, Colo., Dec 20, 2019 — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has purchased leading RF antenna manufacturer, Antenna Development Corporation (AntDevCO).   As a vertically integrated company, the acquisition plays a key role in BCT incorporating antennas into their design […]

Nov 18, 2019 Elizabeth Howell – Forbes Contributor When a company CEO calls his firm the ‘iPhone of satellites’, you know they’re aiming for a certain market. Many of us today can’t live without apps on our phones. Satellites in space seem a little “out there” (both figuratively and literally) to the typical consumer. But […]

By Annamarie Nyirady | October 31, 2019 Via Satellite Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) was selected by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to support a combined initiative between the U.S. Department of the Navy and the U.K. Ministry of Defence for a demonstration mission called CIRCE. The mission is scheduled to launch in March of 2020. CIRCE, which stands for Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction CubeSat […]

BCT’s Director of Advanced Development talks about Precision Attitude Control, Innovation in Small Companies and DARPA Dan Hegel, Director of Advanced Development, Blue Canyon Technologies Small companies may have more opportunity to be flexible in working out problems and addressing solutions. They can bring a lot of innovation to the table, especially when there is […]

October 21, 2019 BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Small spacecraft manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has been selected by NASA’s Ames Research Center to support a technology demonstration mission called Starling, under NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology Program. Under the contract agreement, BCT will design, manufacture and provide engineering support during commissioning for 4 flight-qualified […]

Company selected for $4.9 million in funding as part of a NASA “Tipping Point” Partnership to develop and deploy autonomous navigation for small spacecraft BOULDER, Colo., October 18, 2019 — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) today announced it has been selected for a $4.9 million contract award from NASA’s […]