Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:SIDU) announced that it will continue to produce hardware to support Parsons Corporation’s Tranche 1 (T1) launch.
The company said as part of the arrangement that Sidus would fabricate flight cables for Parsons’ evolved secondary payload adapter (ESPA) rings on T1.
As a subcontractor, Sidus was responsible for cable manufacturing for the ESPA ring successfully launched on Landsat 9, a NASA satellite constructed to monitor the Earth’s land surface, on September 27, 2021.
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According to Sidus, ESPA is an adapter used for launching secondary payloads on orbital launch vehicles.
"The T1 Tracking Layer provides the initial missile warning/missile tracking warfighting capability of the National Defense Space Architecture," the company added.
“We are excited to build on our partnership with Parsons and continue to derive business from our high-quality manufacturing capabilities as one of the key components in our end-to-end full stack solutions for the space industry,” Sidus CEO Carol Craig said in a statement.
Parsons is a leading disruptive technology provider in the national security and critical infrastructure markets, with capabilities across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, C5ISR, transportation, environmental remediation, and water/wastewater treatment.
Located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sidus operates from a 35,000-square-foot manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing facility focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection.
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