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Blue Canyon Technologies, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, is a leading provider of turnkey small satellite solutions, including CubeSats and microsatellites. We specialize in precision pointing platforms based upon our high-performance attitude determination and control components. BCT’s highly experienced staff has developed low cost, flight-proven, high-performance, high-reliability spacecraft systems and components that enable a wide range of missions for academic, commercial, and government applications. Our state-of-the-art spacecraft and subsystems are supporting LEO, GEO, Lunar, and interplanetary missions.
BCT has supported missions for The U.S. Air Force, NASA, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and many others and provided the Attitude Control Systems for the first interplanetary CubeSats which successfully traveled to Mars. The company has been recognized with awards including Inc Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies, 2017 Colorado Companies to Watch, 2019 Best in Biz, the 2019 Colorado Biz Made in Colorado Emerging Manufacturer Winner and the 2020 Tibbetts Award.
BCT has supported missions for The U.S. Air Force, NASA, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and many others and provided the Attitude Control Systems for the first interplanetary CubeSats which successfully traveled to Mars. The company has been recognized with awards including Inc Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies, 2017 Colorado Companies to Watch, 2019 Best in Biz, the 2019 Colorado Biz Made in Colorado Emerging Manufacturer Winner and the 2020 Tibbetts Award.
Overview
Location
United States, Colorado, Lafayette
Employees
201-500
Founded date
2008
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Dec 26, 2024 | First Resonance: A New Era in Digital Manufacturing | In the bustling world of digital manufacturing, First Resonance is making waves. The Los Angeles-based company recently secured $12.5 million in a funding round, pushing its total to $32 million. This funding is not just a number; it’s a li... |
| Dec 25, 2024 | First Resonance: Digital Manufacturing Solutions Company Raises $12.5 Million | First Resonance – a leader in digital manufacturing solutions – announced the closing of its latest funding round, led by Third Prime, with support from Craft Ventures, Blue Bear Capital, and E12. This round, which brings the total funding ... |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Latest Headlines | Three local companies are finalists in state ‘coolest thing’ contest | Three local companies made the Colorado Chamber of Commerce the Top 10 finalist list for this year’s Coolest Thing Made in Colorado contest – Liberty Puzzles in Boulder, Blue Canyon Technologies in Lafayette and Pilatus Business Aircraft in... |
| May 25, 2024 | NASA Launches Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth's Poles | WASHINGTON, May 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth's poles for NASA is in orbit after lifting off atop Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from the company's Launch Complex ... |
| Apr 24, 2024 | RTX moves away from competing as a prime for space contracts | RTX doesn’t plan on competing to build satellites as a prime contractor, but instead will focus on supplying components to other companies. The company is “going to be shifting away from perhaps being a space prime to being more of a compon... |
| Feb 24, 2023 | The Satellite Renaissance | As the world has grown more complex and interconnected, it has become more valuable to widen our aperture and take in the situation from above. Satellites have been our eyes and ears in the skies, helping us solve important issues concernin... |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Pandemic not slowing upward trajectory of Colorado’s aerospace industry, the nation’s second-largest | In 2008, George Stafford, Matt Beckner and Stephen Steg, all University of Colorado graduates with experience in the aerospace industry, started their own company to make components for satellites. This year, their company, Blue Canyon Tech... |
| Feb 12, 2020 | Blue Canyon Technologies chosen by Made In Space for orbital manufacturing demo mission | On-orbit manufacturing startup Made In Space has tapped Colorado’s Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to help support its Archinaut One demonstration mission contracted by NASA, which is currently set to take place in 2022. The mission will see... |
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FAQ about Blue Canyon Technologies
When was Blue Canyon Technologies founded?
Blue Canyon Technologies was founded in 2008.
What has the press written about Blue Canyon Technologies?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Blue Canyon Technologies, among them “First Resonance: A New Era in Digital Manufacturing” (Dec 26, 2024) and “First Resonance: Digital Manufacturing Solutions Company Raises $12.5 Million” (Dec 25, 2024).
Is Blue Canyon Technologies still active?
Yes, Blue Canyon Technologies is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 2, 2025.