Sierra Nevada Corp. delivers 11 satellites for launch

LOUISVILLE — Sierra Nevada Corp., announced this week that the company has delivered 11 satellites made at its Space Systems Division in Louisville to a launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The satellites were made for ORBCOMM as part of its Generation 2 (OG2) satellite constellation. The satellites will be incorporated into ORBCOMM’s global machine-to-machine communications network that helps provide tracking, monitoring and control services for remote and mobile equipment for industries including transportation and distribution, heavy equipment, oil and gas, maritime and government.

ORBCOMM launched the first six SNC-made OG2 satellites into orbit last year.

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The latest 11 satellites are set to launch in the middle of this month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. SNC designed and manufactured the satellites. In addition, SNC will support launch, in-orbit testing and deployment of the satellites from its Louisville facility.