The Maxar Better World Foundation, which supports organizations that improve the lives of individuals, has focused its latest round of grants on global disaster relief and recovery needs arising out of the conflict in Ukraine. Learn more about the organizations that have been selected.
Maxar’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Walter Scott, tells us how Maxar is using specialized imaging technology on the WorldView-3 satellite to identify and quantify methane emissions around the globe and to enable responsible parties to take corrective action.
Maxar History: Driving Impactful Innovation at Scale. Much like the customers we serve and the problems we solve, we have a diverse and complex history. Our evolution, however, has always been guided by a common purpose: advancing Space Infrastructure and Earth Intelligence capabilities for a better world. Join us in celebrating these historic milestones which have made so many missions and applications possible, empowering our customers to improve life on Earth and explore beyond it.
At every opportunity, we seek to harness our capabilities For A Better World. This means improving our own technological processes and outputs and connecting visionaries—big and small—with the information, infrastructure and services they need to make the world a better place. Maxar’s Purpose—For A Better World—is what we aspire to achieve with the work we do. It drives us forward, informs our decisions and, most importantly, makes what we do worthwhile. Whether bridging the digital divide, bringing conservation to scale or accelerating disaster response learn more about our purpose and examples of it in action.
We’re helping to empower women and people of color in aerospace careers by extending our diversity efforts by aligning with the Brooke Owens Fellowship, a nonprofit that helps women and gender-minority students obtain aerospace internships. We have also partnered with the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, which supports black undergraduate students interested in aerospace careers, and in 2021 welcomed a 110-person class, which was more than 50% diverse. Learn more about how we support our increasingly diverse workforce.
Life Beyond Earth with Robert Curbeam Maxar’s Robert Curbeam, SVP of Space Capture and former NASA astronaut, talks about how Maxar is contributing to the future of space exploration and humanity’s trajectory to Mars.. “There’s a strong curiosity to know what’s over the next hill, beyond the next ocean. Exploring space is no different.” – Robert Curbeam This video was created in partnership with Big Think.
We are pleased to announce that we have been selected by L3Harris Technologies for the design and production of 14 spacecraft platforms and associated support for its Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA).
We’re proud to share with you our 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. In this report, you will learn how ESG informs our business priorities and our vision for growth. We’re helping to build a more sustainable future for everyone by applying recognized ESG principles to innovation and solutions that make the world a better place.
Aviation Week has come out with their 2022 Laureate Award Winners and we are honored to have made the list for our contributions to sharing data to assist Ukraine and reveal war crimes and human rights violations. The Laureate Awards represent a 65-year tradition of honoring innovators, extraordinary achievements and exemplary leadership in the aerospace, defense and aviation industries.
Maxar’s Chris Johnson, SVP & GM of Space, talks about the GEO market and despite a continued downturn how our facilities in California are buzzing with activity on programs for GEO and more. Take a look at some of what we’re building.
