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The announcement comes just three months after Lockheed withdrew an earlier bid to purchase the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the transaction, Lockheed will pay off Terran\u2019s debt obligations and establish a $30 million working capital facility \u2014 a financing approach that will allow it to continue operations until the deal closes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Lockheed has traditionally built large satellites for national security missions, the Defense Department recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/04\/12\/space-companies-investing-in-small-satellite-production-capacity-as-customers-shift-to-hybrid-architectures\/\" target=\"_blank\">has moved toward smaller spacecraft<\/a> built by firms outside of its traditional industrial base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Terran Orbital, founded in 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida, is one of those firms. In addition to building spacecraft for Lockheed, its biggest customer, the company has also collaborated with the Defense Department and NASA on various space-focused projects. Terran provides the satellites for Lockheed\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/08\/21\/space-development-agency-awards-15-billion-for-transport-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\">contracts with the Space Development Agency<\/a> to build missile-tracking and communication spacecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed currently owns one-third of the smaller firm due to its satellite production partnership and the myriad investments it has made in Terran through its venture capital arm, Lockheed Ventures, since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, Terran has largely focused on building satellites designed to operate in low Earth orbit, about 1,200 miles above the planet\u2019s surface. 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