October 11, 2019 BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) today announced its role in supporting MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Agile MicroSatellite (AMS) mission. BCT will design, manufacture and operate a 6U CubeSat the mission, which will be critical in demonstrating the potential low-altitude performance of CubeSats. Funded by the […]
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Blue Canyon Technologies Completes Performance Design Review for DARPA Blackjack Program
October 02, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Air Force (USAF), small spacecraft manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Blackjack program. BCT is designing an ESPA-class microsat for Blackjack, incorporating their state-of-the-art […]
Inside the Colorado company that builds satellites you can hold in your hands
Posted: 3:08 PM, Sep 04, 2019 Updated: 10:38 AM, Sep 05, 2019 By: Ryan Osborne with Denver Channel 7 BOULDER, Colo. – Inside Blue Canyon Technologies’ headquarters, Stephen Steg points to a wall where pictures of satellites are set against a background of Earth viewed from space. There’s RAVAN and CYGNSS and ASTERIA and HALOSAT, each one an acronym […]
Blue Canyon Technologies Makes Inc. 5000 List of America’s Most Successful Companies
Boulder-based small satellite manufacturer has ranked in the prestigious list for three years; Ranking comes at a time of high growth and hiring for the company August 21, 2019 BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) today announced it has made the 2019 Inc. 5000: The Most Successful Companies in […]
Viasat taps Blue Canyon Technologies to build Link 16 satellite
Originally published on Space News by Debra Werner — August 19, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO – Viasat selected Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to design and manufacture a cubesat for a U.S. Air Force test of a military communications terminal in low Earth orbit. BCT announced plans Aug. 19 to build a 12-unit cubesat bus equipped with Viasat’s Link 16 […]
It’s the size of a briefcase, but this Colorado satellite can see inside a hurricane
By: Ryan Osborne Originally published on Denver 7 Channel DENVER – August 14, 2019 The TEMPEST-D satellite is about the size of a briefcase, with a beige and gray exterior and two solar panels that extend from its aluminum sides as it floats through space. It looks something like an old computer tower, only with […]
Blue Canyon Technologies Builds Key Hardware for Four Consecutive AIAA/USU Small Satellite of the Year Award Winners
BOULDER, Colo., August 13, 2019 — For the past four years, small satellite manufacturer provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has provided critical hardware for each of the AIAA/USU Small Satellite of the Year Award winners. The award is presented each summer at the AIAA Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah. The American Institute of Aeronautics […]
Blue Canyon Technologies continues NASA CubeSat operations
Originally published on Space News by Debra Werner — August 5, 2019 LOGAN, Utah — Small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) announced plans Aug. 5 to continue operating two NASA-funded CubeSats, TEMPEST-D and HaloSat, from its mission operations center in Boulder, Colorado. Both TEMPEST-D, short for Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems – Demonstration, and HaloSat, […]
Blue Canyon Technologies Providing CubeSats in Support of Two NASA Ames/MIT CLICK Flight Demonstration Missions
BOULDER, Colo., July 10, 2019 — Small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) announced it has been selected by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Small Spacecraft Technology program and NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, in collaboration with the University of Florida and MIT, to provide multiple 3U spacecraft for its CubeSat Lasercom […]
Colorado satellite startup has doubled in size and is still hiring dozens
By Greg Avery – Denver Business Journal June 24, 2019 LINK (Subscription-based) Blue Canyon Technologies’ success in building small satellite technologies has attracted so much interest, the company doubled its staff last year and is hiring dozens again in 2019. To continue reading the article, click on the link above.