Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is a world-class prime systems integrator and electronic systems provider known for its rapid, innovative, and agile technology solutions. Fast-growing and widely diversified, SNC is a high-tech electronics, engineering, and manufacturing corporation that continues to expand its impressive portfolio of capabilities, programs, products and services. SNC’s six business areas operate from more than 32 locations in 17 states, along with numerous customer support sites located domestically and throughout the world. SNC’s capabilities span a wide range of product lines including Spacecraft and Space Technologies; Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance systems; Sensor Systems; Communications/Navigation systems; and Electronic Warfare Systems.
SNC’s Space Systems group, headquartered in Louisville Colorado, has over 25 years of space experience and provides customers with innovative, responsive and cost effective space products for civil, commercial and national security space applications. Our workforce encompasses engineering, manufacturing, and program management staff, and averages more than 17 years of experience per employee in space systems development. Our four product lines encompass a wide range of technologies in support of space applications and we have built over 4000 devices flown on 400 missions without a failure. Spacecraft Technologies supplies customized satellite components to most U.S. and international satellite and launch vehicle developers and sends a mechanism or component to space every 14 days on average. Spacecraft Systems develops complete spacecraft solutions and is home to the only US small satellite production line and satellite operations center. The Propulsion Systems product area provides ‘green’ propulsion solutions to commercial space tourism and NASA programs which include SNC’s own green, safe, reliable, hybrid rocket motor tested over 100 times and our Space Exploration Systems product line is designing a new crew transportation system to and from low Earth orbit partnering with NASA as part of the Commercial Crew Program. For more information SNC’s Space Systems, visit http://www.sncspace.com/.