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A list of Lockheed Martin Space projects, headquartered in Denver. None of these are "classified": NASA's Orion spacecraft NOAA's Geostationary Operational En
by starpilot 6y ago
A list of Lockheed Martin Space projects, headquartered in Denver. None of these are "classified":
NASA's Orion spacecraft
NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) weather satellite series
NASA's MAVEN
NASA's JUNO
NASA's OSIRIS-REx
NASA's InSight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Space#Civil_Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Space#Civil_Sp...
There are a lot of space/satellite companies in the Denver area, but not many drone companies. As you may know, design of a satellite is different from design of a quadcopter drone. Satellites are launched by rockets, powered by solar panels, and orbit earth. Drones fly in the atmosphere using rotors to move air, controlled by humans on the ground. So it would seem odd to associate satellite-building engineering operations, often completely civil, with clandestine drones.
- hindsightbias 6y agoI wonder if anyone has checked what satellites were where during these sightings. Satellite detection tech of drones could be a thing...
- one2know 6y agoCorrect me, but Lockheed has four divisions. I just saw an ad for Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR). Just because a sensor goes on a spacecraft, doesn't mean it can't be tested on a drone. The projects you listed may not be top secret but I'm sure they still fall under ITAR. Either way if a defense contractor was out testing stuff on drones, then I doubt they would coordinate with anyone.